Vancouver’s Grout McTavish Architects design tropical forest bio-dome in Dubai
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Meraas, a Dubai-based holding company, has announced the opening of The Green Planet at CITY WALK in Dubai, the region?s much awaited and only standalone educational and recreational bio-dome, featuring over 3,000Â plants and animals.Â
Designed by Vancouver architects Brad McTavish and Clive Grout of Grout McTavish Architects, The Green Planet recreates a lush tropical forest for visitors to immerse themselves in the intimate and unique sensory experience. The facility also mimics the habitat to the point of regulating the temperature and humidity levels of the venue so that visitors can not only see what life is like in such an ecosystem, but can also have a vivid first-hand experience.
The architecture is based on a fragile Origami cube that shields and protects a living Biome within the shape of a cylinder. The exterior cube houses the support spaces required to sustain a living environment designed to accommodate the species of tropical plants, mammals, insects and fish within the desert setting of Dubai. Its mandate is to provide the people of Dubai an opportunity to experience and gain a deeper understanding of the fragile ecosystem of the Equatorial regions and how these regions of the world need to be protected for our sustainable future. The concept for the visitor experience was developed to show how the various species that inhabit the rainforest can be found in the vertical zones of a Kapok tree; from it flooded riv...
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