BLVD Heights

Project Description

BLVD Heights is a stylish, residential led, mixed use development. The twin 45 and 51 storey towers are located on Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard in Dubai. The podium accommodates a variety of retail units whilst upper levels include 700+ luxury apartments, duplexes and penthouses.

A key objective for the MEP systems design was to achieve low energy consumption through the holistic design of building form, envelope and systems. The design was developed utilising BIM LOD 300, ensuring a high level of coordination amongst the whole project team. This was crucial to ensure floor to ceiling heights were maximised, given the stipulated 3400mm slab to slab heights.

Cooling demands form a major part of the energy consumption. Advanced thermal modelling was used to assess peak cooling loads within individual residential apartments as well as peak simultaneous loads across floors and buildings to test different façade options.  

Linear feature lighting provides accent to the towers and podium during the evening. Approximately 9km of LED batten are set into an architectural detail to conceal the light source. There is further LED based lighting to the ‘crowns’ of each tower. External lighting  elements are controlled via a dedicated computer based system to ensure maximum control of light output / energy management.

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