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    Project entry 2011 - Building implementing holistic architectural design, Masdar City, UAE: Main entrance to the Sprinter Building and the café/restaurant from the central plaza.

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    Representatives of the Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2011 Africa Middle East winner ‘Building implementing holistic architectural design, Masdar City, United Arab Emirates’ (l-r): Bob Gysin, Rudolf Trachsel and Sebastian El Khouli, Bob Gysin + Partner BGP Architekten, Switzerland and David Telford, Kaisersrot, United Kingdom.

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    Project entry 2011 - Building implementing holistic architectural design, Masdar City, UAE: Façade section with shading device and construction.

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    Project entry 2011 - Building implementing holistic architectural design, Masdar City, UAE: Arabic urban structure.

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    Project entry 2011 - Building implementing holistic architectural design, Masdar City, UAE: Natural ventilation.

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    Project entry 2011 - Building implementing holistic architectural design, Masdar City, UAE: Master plan and Ground floor.

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    Project entry 2011 - Building implementing holistic architectural design, Masdar City, UAE: First and Second floor.

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    Project entry 2011 - Building implementing holistic architectural design, Masdar City, UAE: Climate concept.

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    Project entry 2011 - Building implementing holistic architectural design, Masdar City, UAE: Solar shading device.

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    Project entry 2011 - Building implementing holistic architectural design, Masdar City, UAE: View into the courtyard.

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    Project entry 2011 - Building implementing holistic architectural design, Masdar City, UAE: Building implementing holistic architectural design, Masdar City, UAE

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    Project entry 2011 - Building implementing holistic architectural design, Masdar City, UAE: Team picture.

  • Awards Acknowledgement prize 2011–2012 Middle East Africa

The Swiss Village Sprinter Building project located in the exceptional Masdar concept city in Abu Dhabi integrates itself into a larger surrounding that claims sustainability as precondition. All steps of the design technique integrate state-of-the-art computer aided simulation processes where, for example, building shape is optimized to use the prevailing winds for natural ventilation and minimize solar gain.

By Bob Gysin - Bob Gysin + Partner BGP, Architekten ETH SIA BSA, Zurich, Switzerland and

Ideas: Circular Design

The Swiss Village Sprinter Building project located in the exceptional Masdar concept city in Abu Dhabi integrates itself into a larger surrounding that claims sustainability as precondition.

All steps of the design technique integrate state-of-the-art computer aided simulation processes where, for example, building shape is optimized to use the prevailing winds for natural ventilation and minimize solar gain.

Building implementing holistic architectural design

Project authors

  • Bob Gysin

    Bob Gysin + Partner BGP, Architekten ETH SIA BSA

    Switzerland

  • Rudolf Trachsel

    Bob Gysin + Partner BGP, Architekten ETH SIA BSA

    Switzerland

  • Nadja Heitz

    Bob Gysin + Partner BGP, Architekten ETH SIA BSA

    Switzerland

  • Markus Braach

  • CH
    Carmen Held

    Bob Gysin + Partner BGP, Architekten ETH SIA BSA

    Switzerland

  • MB
    Mark Barnard

    Dyer

    United Kingdom

  • David Telford

    Hurley Palmer Flatt

    United Kingdom

  • UJ
    Upul Jayasuriya

    Milcris

    Oman

  • Tim Hampson

    Dyer

    United Kingdom

  • Sebastian El Khouli

    Bob Gysin + Partner BGP, Architekten ETH SIA BSA

    Switzerland

Project updates

September 08, 2011 | Holcim Awards | Casablanca, Morocco

Holcim Awards winners for Africa Middle East announced in Casablanca

The winners of the 3rd International Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construction projects and visions from Africa Middle East have been announced at a ceremony in Casablanca. A total of USD 300,000 was presented to ten outstanding projects submitted by architects, planners, engineers and project owners. The winning projects illustrate the broad scope of applying sustainable approaches in construction including school infrastructure, community renewal, urban redevelopment, and energy-efficient design.

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June 16, 2011 | Regional Jury Report – Africa Middle East | Casablanca, Morocco

Regional Jury Report for Building implementing holistic architectural design, Masdar City, United Arab Emirates

The jury acknowledges the building’s design approach to be “sustainable by design”: sustainability being an architectural quality that emerges when a building responds to and integrates its social and physical environments in the development of its form and function to make effective and efficient use of resources. The project is an example of a holistic sustainable approach applicable in climatically challenging but technically sophisticated environments.

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March 31, 2011 | Project Entry & Details | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Project Entry 2011 for Region Africa Middle East

The Swiss Village Sprinter Building project located in the exceptional Masdar concept city in Abu Dhabi integrates itself into a larger surrounding that claims sustainability as precondition. All steps of the design technique integrate state-of-the-art computer aided simulation processes where, for example, building shape is optimized to use the prevailing winds for natural ventilation and minimize solar gain.

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Masdar City, United Arab Emirates