Al Masaood Bergum delivers modular and prefab solutions to Sheikh Zayed Festival in Al Wathba
Al Masaood Bergum, and a part of Al Masaood Group, one of Abu Dhabi’s leading modular and prefabricated building solutions providers, extended support to the ongoing Sheikh Zayed Festival in Al Wathba, Abu Dhabi. The festival, which showcases a range of fun-filled traditional and international festivities, will run until April 1, 2022.
Al Masaood Bergum delivered more than 50 temporary structures for the event, including ablution cabins, accessible washrooms, offices, tower lights and ticket booths. This is the second year in a row that the company played a role in the large-scale festival.
Jens Otterstedt, general ,anager, Al Masaood Bergum, said: “The Sheikh Zayed Festival is being held annually to shed light on the UAE’s history and the great achievements of our people. This makes the festival one of the most important activities in our country. Al Masaood Bergum is proud to have contributed to the hosting of this year’s event by providing our end-to-end prefab solutions that are known for their cost-effectiveness, quality, safety, environmental compliance and excellence.”
He added: “We are delighted to a play an important role in the event once again. This is in line with our commitment to promote the UAE’s uniqueness globally and advance its prosperity by promoting local culture and traditions. We look forward to supporting similar noble initiatives in the coming years.”
Being staged under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, the Sheikh Zayed Festival features grand pavilions, exhibitions, and popular folklore performances that highlight the Emirates’ history, traditions, and cultural heritage. This year, it has put the spotlight on the journey of the UAE since its establishment five decades ago.
Al Masaood Bergum provides support to mega-events such as the festival. Its customer base also comprises organisations of all sizes across sectors, as well as high net-worth individuals.
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Design Infinity completes fit-out works for Zayed University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre
Design Infinity has completed the fit-out for Zayed University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre. The project spanning 30,000sqft is spread out across the first and mezzanine floor of Zayed University.
Pratap Mendonca, managing partner at Design Infinity, commented, “The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center was established in 2018 with a mandate to graduate student entrepreneurs as well as promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within Zayed University and we are happy to partner and support them with their plans for the young entrepreneurs of the region.”
Geetha Nayak, managing partner at Design Infinity, added, “While the design is done by HOK, Design Infinity was responsible for the complete turnkey fit-out, MEP & civil works for the Centre. This project is one of the most significant projects completed by us on time during the pandemic. We are very thankful to our Client for their constant support during the execution of this project. Without such teamwork, the project would not have been a success.”
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Design Infinity completes fit-out works for Zayed University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre
Design Infinity has completed the fit-out for Zayed University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre. The project spanning 30,000sqft is spread out across the first and mezzanine floor of Zayed University.
Pratap Mendonca, managing partner at Design Infinity, commented, “The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center was established in 2018 with a mandate to graduate student entrepreneurs as well as promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within Zayed University and we are happy to partner and support them with their plans for the young entrepreneurs of the region.”
Geetha Nayak, managing partner at Design Infinity, added, “While the design is done by HOK, Design Infinity was responsible for the complete turnkey fit-out, MEP & civil works for the Centre. This project is one of the most significant projects completed by us on time during the pandemic. We are very thankful to our Client for their constant support during the execution of this project. Without such teamwork, the project would not have been a success.”
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Zayed Centre for Research in London by Stanton Williams is a new urban beacon of science and design
Dedicated to delivering world class research together with new treatments and therapies, the Zayed Centre for Research by award-winning architectural practice Stanton Williams into Rare Disease in Children for Great Ormond Street Hospital Foundation Trust, University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity is the world’s first purpose-built centre dedicated to paediatric research into rare diseases.
The public-facing research facility in the heart of London’s Knowledge Quarter is conceived as a holistic space where science, city and human lives come together. Inside, the Zayed Centre for Research is organised around two connected ‘hearts’, an outpatient zone and a research zone, each planned as layered volumes around a daylit atrium. Across eight storeys the building provides academic research workspace, seminar and meeting spaces, specialist laboratories, and outpatient clinics for children and young people.
With its prominent presence next to Coram’s Fields – the former site of the Foundling Hospital and a living symbol of children’s welfare for over 250 years – the Zayed Centre for Research is a new urban beacon of science and healthcare.
Gavin Henderson, principal director at Stanton Williams, said: “The opportunity to work with Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL and GOSH Charity to make a building that was about science and medical care in the heart of the city on such a public and symbolic site opposite Coram’s Fields seemed very powerful. We felt very strongly that we wanted to give public visibility to science and allow people in the public realm to understand what the building was about and give a sense of the life-changing activities taking place inside.”
At the base of the building is a 600sqm double-height principal laboratory, visible from all sides within the Zayed Centre for Research as well as from the street outside. A shared single entrance bridge, which passes above these laboratories, welcomes both research staff and patients, drawing them into a central atrium, flooded with light. A transparent ground floor gives visibility and prominence to the activities inside the laboratories, while carefully articulated terracotta fins and glazing address Coram’s Fields and reflect the changing sky – expressing the civic significance of this ground-breaking institution.
A sense of openness and generosity dissolves the ‘clinical experience’ within. Encounters with ‘non-clinical’ surfaces, such as exposed concrete and European oak, create a calm and dignified environment for young patients and their families as they address their health issues: an environment shared with clinicians and researchers in the endeavour to understand and overcome the impact of life-changing diseases.
Designed to high energy efficiency standards, the Zayed Centre for Research has achieved BREEAM Excellent certification and is intended to produce 35% less carbon emissions than required under the Building Regulations.
Images: Stanton Williams
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