This significant green space at the heart of Dubai Harbour is well connected to the city and provides amenity, leisure and event space for occupants of the encircling residential towers and visitors alike.
Surrounded by mixed use development including retail and restaurants, the park provides opportunities for play, sports, tree-lined walks as well as respite and privacy for relaxation amongst a back drop of verdant planting and views to the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary across the Creek.
Vast tree canopies shading the long vistas down the avenues of patterned brick pathways characterise this popular community park next to the landmark Adnoc HQ.
With picnic areas, benches and gazebos there are myriad spots from which to watch the abundant bird population and be immersed in nature. A central water fountain, rest room and play areas add to the family-focused amenities.
An exuberant ‘Luxury Courtyard’ creates an awe inspiring draw at the centre of City Walk.
Coming alive at night with immersive audio-visual shows it is a family-friendly hub in which to gather, and view the shopping, dining and entertainment on offer. Scintillating colours and lights flood the senses creating a unique retail experience that leaves visitors wanting more.
The Dubai Mall is the world’s largest and most-visited retail and entertainment destination, welcoming more than 80M visitors annually.
The development includes a five-star hotel, over 12M square feet of retail, an aquarium, high-profile VIP entrances and a lakeside promenade central to the space. Given the extremely high footfall, the landscape design caters to the unique needs of the space.
The promenade forms a platform flexible enough to accommodate festival celebrations, seasonal fashion and brand events and art exhibitions. Durable landscape materials and finishes withstand the high number of visitors whilst creating a clear and easily navigable space for crowds.
Popular family-friendly marina with a 1.5km boulevard lined with cafe spill out, restaurants, shopping, a yacht club, offices, hospitality and residences.
Over 300 berths cater to yachts and water-based leisure sports for an active lifestyle. Whether watching the sun set or promenading on the front there are plenty of inclusive opportunities to socialise and connect with the environment.
Cracknell Projects within the Dubai Downtown Area include:
Burj Khalifa (with SWA)
Burj Downtown Lake, Promenade & Island Park
Burj Boulevard, Roads and Public Realm
Old Town Exclusive Residential Development
Dubai Mall Landmark Retail & Entertainment Destination
Dubai Mall Fashion Island
Sales Centres for Old Town, Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall
Multiple Residential Developments
A European-styled public realm integrating colour and play. Since its expansion City Walk has become one of Dubai’s most beloved shopping and dining destinations. Working closely with Benoy and AECOM, the public spaces of City Walk were designed by Cracknell as a human-scaled urban environment, offering classic and contemporary outdoor lifestyle experiences.
City Walk’s hardscape design uses a modern international style and explores the drama and colour of the development’s outdoor connectivity, lightshows and media screens. Open plazas and European-styled boulevards are encircled by a connected pedestrian plaza and active air cooling for external spaces. A centrepiece of the development, the Luxury Courtyard, takes inspiration from traditional Italian courtyard design.
City Walk comes alive at night, where it’s a safe and controlled environment for visitors to enjoy the shopping, dining and entertainment on offer.
This transitional space and stairway access point in Dubai’s DIFC provides shaded and cooling respite from the heat for people passing through, whilst also creating a verdant pocket park for lunchtime gathering and cafe spill-out.
As temperatures increase, a key way to maintain comfort for walkable urban environments is through the planting of trees and shrubs.
Marwan is a highly knowledgeable, skilled Landscape Architect with over 16 years’ experience in all areas of landscape design, from the early construction stages to project management. A self-starter and team player with an ability to develop strong client relationships, Marwan has a track record for successful completion of projects across a broad range of sectors including residential, commercial, urban and civic landscapes as well as sports facilities.
Marwan takes great pleasure in developing concept designs into buildable schemes that both serve the end-user needs and are sustainable and harmonious with the surrounding landscape or cityscape.
People are living books. The real library of life is community.”
A series of expansive residential communities interspersed with neighbourhood and pocket parks, pools, outdoor gyms and play areas. A shaded network of paths links the backs of the houses to the amenities and provides places to run, bike, socialise, play and relax.
