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EXPERIENCE THE ELEMENTS - AJMAN CROSSING POINTS BOULEVARD

type: architecture/visualization
year: 2015
location: Ajman, AE
collaboration: Luisa Prill, Max Lorenz, Simon Treml

In short, our vision is to stage opportunities for:
- sustainable experiences
- culturally and socially enriching human interaction
- the integration of local climate, local habits and contemporary technology

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The brief asks for a strategy to develop Ajman as an event city. This constitutes two elements:

The first being the organization of events of all kinds, usually large scale productions which happen only occasionally in more or less regular intervals. Usually, different types of events are hosted in separate special buildings and only cater to the needs of a specific group, i.e. theatres, operas or sports venues. An interesting question would be to eliminate boundaries between different user groups and events to make them more public and accessible to a wider number of people. Making use of more adaptive venues more often could reduce the amount of space needed and therefore be a more sustainable way of development.

The second key word is »City«. What constitutes a city? Local traditions, local climate and culture shape the specific qualities of urban agglomerations. The European idea of a city is most definitively different from what is suitable for the development of Ajman. Therefore, we would like to interpret ‘city’ as the location where urban experiences are possible: public sites open for everyone which entail the possibility to get new experiences every time. To make Ajman a lively and highly livable place, we like to focus on the creation of locations designed to enable public activities, gatherings and experiences.