evoke a woven texture, created through the use of double-
glazed floor-to-ceiling windows and balconies.
“Emaar wanted to provide a level of variety in the towers’
designs that reflected their mix of offerings,” Pennes said.
“Hence the two service apartment towers match visually,
while the hotel tower located at the centre has been treated
differently.
“The original woven texture of the buildings is inspired by
the curvature of the façades opening toward the Downtown
Fountains. As the outer face of the buildings was bent to open
toward the main view, the woven texture became an expres-
sion of this orientation. The slab edges were oriented in an al-
ternative sequence, which provided the façade’s intertwined
texture both horizontally and vertically.”
Pennes added that the Address Residence Fountain Views
is one of the largest (and first of its scale) single mixed-use de-
velopments in the UAE to incorporate all of the country’s lat-
est regulations related to high-rise towers, such as fire safety,
security and façade treatments.
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