Project: The Museum of Middle Eastern Modern Art |MOMEMA|
Client: Dubai Properties, Dubai UAE
Type: Retail, Exhibition Hall, Art galleries & Museum
Designed by UNStudio
Visualization: rendertaxi, Aachen
Scope: 25,000 m²
Date of estimated completion: January 2011
Location: Khor Dubai, UAE
Website: www.unstudio.com
The Museum of Middle East Modern Art, launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will be a celebration of the importance of Dubai Creek as a new cultural hub within Dubai as a global city. based on the form of a dhow, the museum holds a variety of spaces to exhibit Arts and Culture such as exhibitions, art galleries, leasable workshop spaces, auditorium, and amphitheatre for live performances and international festivals. In addition, MOMEMA offers a boutique hotel with 60 keys and a boutique retail promenade on the active Culture Village waterfront, as well as a high end signature restaurant on the top level, with 360 degree views of Dubai Creek. – from UNstudio
