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Al Wathba Visitor Center Abu Dhabi
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7 Sep 2020
Al Wathba Wetland Reserve visitor center Abu Dhabi
Architects: Almena
Location: Al Wathba Wetland Reserve, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Al Wathba Wetland Reserve visitor center in Abu Dhabi
The design concept for Al Wathba Wetland Reserve visitor center aims to enhance and demonstrate the reserve?s unique environment, create an adaptable building, and allow the visitor to get a unique experience and interact with nature without any disturbance to the animal and plant life.

The design approach depends on raising the building from the ground to open the view of the entire reverse without any visual impediments to the visitor through the use of thin wooden columns to carry the building, while at the same time creating a structure that minimizes the amount of interference and digging in the reserve?s soil.
The project program was developed in a circular ring structure to allow the visitor 360 degrees panoramic view into the horizon to give a sense of infinite and focus on the reserve?s unique environment.

Also, by raising the building above the ground, it creates an endless helix journey through the building to make it act like a large observatory tower to view the richness of ?Al Wathba Wetland Reserve? without any hindrance.

The ground floor has been free...