Baghdad Mixed Use Project

Baghdad, Iraq

2017

205.000 m²


Baghdad, with almost 9 million population, has a very strong development potential as a very fast recovering city, apparently, its touristic attractions will pull lots of visitors in future as well

The project locates on a plot which is 90.000 m². It's aimed to integrate onto existing urban pattern of Baghdad which is developed on a grid system, in this regard project follow the same grid rules within and feeds the site with intersecting connections within. Attached to the city; open and semi-open public and open spaces of Baghdad Mixed-use Project will serve both for urban population and project area’s habitants. The heights of the blocks and their distributions floor are in harmony with project site’s vicinity.   Self-shadowing facades dramatically reduces the heat absorption of the structure during sunlit hours and the design following allignment of units  and finally the encourage of design to use the local material. The project is an good example of contextual relationship with the city of Baghdad. In its environmental stance, it is truly a project of Baghdad - rooted in tradition but forward looking.