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Vertical Village / Graft Lab

Oct 2009

Graft Lab’s latest addition to Dubai, entitled Vertical Village, is a cluster of mix-use buildings that emphasize reducing solar gain and maximizing solar production. The buildings are self-shaded on the northern side and on the east-west axis to reduce long-angle sun penetration. Solar collectors on the south end automatically pivot to maximize solar-energy aggregation. The multi-use building, which is expected to earn a LEED Gold Certificate, offers an appealing aesthetic which will easily make its mark 0n Dubai’s dynamic skyline. The “futuristic” angular forms create a shared central space with large pools, while the compositional assemblage of the individual buildings form a cohesive whole.

More images after the break.

As seen on Inhabitat.

20 comments »

Andrew says:

hahahaha, quite true, Chas, quite true. Never heard it put that way but I like the way you think!

# October 12, 2009 at 13:25

jijigua says:

Dubai = all posible land…

# October 12, 2009 at 13:25

jr says:

Dubai = 21 century’s Disneyland

# October 12, 2009 at 13:50

diaphanousAbyss says:

Come on Graft! There is a global economic crisis going on… show some constraint, this is completely gratuitous.

# October 12, 2009 at 14:00

ygogolak says:

Yea, come on Graft, this building is way to interesting to be designed now.

# October 13, 2009 at 16:27

soley says:

Im surprised that somone finaly came up with the idea of putting solar panels on a building in the worlds sunniest city. If we wait another 10 years we might even se a building that collects rain water.

# October 12, 2009 at 15:09

archi says:

So true soley, by the way, they should know that women are sustainable too

# October 12, 2009 at 15:26

soley says:

Yes indeed

# October 12, 2009 at 15:34

fl!p says:

i agree…! they are renewable energy..!

# October 13, 2009 at 00:55

mn x says:

wat theee…….

# October 13, 2009 at 02:56

Vitsee says:

Interesting, better than the usual wankitechture dross in Dubai.

The strange thing is that despite the abundance of sun, solar panels arent that effective in the Emirates due to the amount of dust/sand in the air – they require constant cleaning, which sort of negates their sustainable credentials seeing as you will need gallons of water to do it.

# October 13, 2009 at 03:49

E says:

good point with the solar panels…oh the shame… could you imagine the work involved in cleaning it?… oh well, at least they are creating more jobs.

# October 14, 2009 at 01:50

2MACoff says:

ВО Я ОХУЕЛ…!!!

# October 13, 2009 at 06:17

sfb says:

well, i thought the comments postet on archdaily.com would be quite different to baunetz.de.
but not today. does this mean, the project is as bad as i think?
for the ones who want to figure out:

http://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen-Wohnkomplex_von_Graft_in_Dubai_836507.html?backurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baunetz.de%2Fmeldungen%2Findex.html&action=kommentieren

# October 13, 2009 at 07:35

zik1488 says:

ЗИГА БРАТКИ

# October 13, 2009 at 07:51

justin says:

finally a discussion on archdaily that is somewhat amusing.

# October 13, 2009 at 18:52

jeff says:

strangely reminds me of Zaha Hadid projects,especially recent ones in Egypt

# October 14, 2009 at 16:22

tomnguyen says:

outstanding building. support this one

# October 15, 2009 at 01:40

lord the almighty says:

so, no plans??
the less you show the more you have to hide!
all of you are judging this on bad imagery that is already showing a lot of mistakes and unconstructable elements. if the planning of the apartments is as better than the little shown here, wow, then i will be impressed!
and as mentioned before, solar pannels consume more energy in cleaning than they will ever produce!

# October 15, 2009 at 03:18

alex says: