Apple and Foster + Partners proceed their longstanding collaboration with a brand new Apple Store not too long ago accomplished in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The retail area incorporates a daring design that takes the shape of a glass-walled field that is located on prime of a big stepped pyramid-like water feature.
The Apple Store is positioned in Abu Dhabi’s monetary district. It was designed by each Apple’s personal crew and Foster + Partners, and consists of glazed partitions and a light-weight gold-colored carbon fiber roof that was made domestically. Visitors enter the constructing utilizing both two ramps that go over the black granite water feature or by means of a “kaleidoscope-like” hall from an adjoining mall.
“The pure rectilinear glazed structure is situated on top of a new stepped pyramid cascading water feature, paved with Absolute Black granite stone,” defined Foster + Partners. “Two external entrance ramps cut through the water and rise to the store, creating a new link between the promenade, store and mall. The same granite continues seamlessly inside the store, drawing life from the promenade into the store.
“Visitors from the mall enter by means of a mirrored stainless-steel portal, enveloped by the sights and sounds of the water jets that cascade down over the outside glass partitions. The water droplets catch the sunshine and shimmer as they run over the milled glass floor. A 72-foot-long (22-m) jointless stretched mirror foil ceiling provides drama to the area – a single uninterrupted airplane that creates a kaleidoscopic impact, with the water falling down the partitions, and reflections touring infinitely up in direction of the sky.”
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The inside is usually organized on a single stage and its total decor might be acquainted to those that have visited an Apple Store earlier than. It consists of areas the place prospects can obtain assist, a quantity of picket product tables nestled amongst Ficus bushes, plus a big digital show for multimedia use. Twin staircases lead all the way down to a subterranean area the place companies can get recommendation on utilizing Apple’s merchandise.
Naturally, warmth is an actual concern in that half of the world, particularly with a glazed exterior, so the shop is cooled by a radiant underfloor system, mixed with a displacement air flow system, which is assumed by proponents to supply improved air high quality over normal air-conditioning.
Apple Al Maryah Island is the most recent Apple Store to be constructed within the UAE and joins others by Apple and Foster + Partners, together with Apple Dubai Mall.
Source: Foster + Partners
