Project: Matrix Gateway
Architects: Adrian Smith & Gordon Gill Architecture
Location: Dubai, UAE
Website: smithgill.com
A very utopian project comes from the noted practice of Adrian Smith & Gordon Gill Architecture created as Dubai’s urban getaway and a self sustaining city in one. For more log on to our architecture site ARCHISCENE.net.
The Matrix Gateway Complex, designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, is a remarkable architectural project in Dubai. It’s a 3-million-square-foot cube, positioned between two landmasses in a cove on the Dubai waterfront. The complex offers a blend of residential, commercial, hospitality, and cultural spaces, essentially housing an entire city under one roof.
This massive 180-meter cube is built on an 18-meter supergrid, with structures clustered around and suspended from five vertical cores. It includes a hotel with conference facilities, retail and office spaces, residences, a museum, a school, and a prayer hall. The design integrates sustainable features such as a semi-transparent skin with shading screens and solar panels, reducing heat gain and generating electricity. It also has a system to collect condensate from the air humidity and convert it into drinking water. The adjacent Persian Gulf’s water aids in cooling the complex, supplemented by interior waterfalls and breezes flowing through the structure??.
