Foster + Partners Rise to the Challenge, Winning Jabal Omar Development Project Competition
Renowned architectural firm Foster + Partners has announced a new competition win for a project in one of the world?s most sacred grounds, Makkah. Located close to Grand Mosque and Holy Kaaba, the main area of interest to visitors, the mixed-use complex will consist of a luxury hotel and serviced apartments. The Saudi Arabian city is Islam?s holiest site and draws millions of pilgrims each year to worship during the hajj. The competition was held to provide additional accommodation for visitors to the city, which has a steady population of about two million, since their numbers swell dramatically at different points over the year.
Foster + Partner?s winning design is a testament to the firm?s considered take on the sacred site. Lauded for past projects in sensitive locations such as the Reichstag dome and for iconic, skyline-defining buildings such as the Gherkin in London, the architects have consistently delivered contextually appropriate and socially relevant work that endures over time. No doubt this was a factor in them being chosen as the competition winners. The arrangement of buildings in their design takes the form of a collection of vertiginous volumes that retreat from the main square in front. The highest towers are at the back of the site and get lower as they approach plaza below, stacking in a series of terraces designed to replicate the undulations of the surrounding landscape, thereby creating a new urban topography in the center of the city.
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