Animated by retail, restaurants and cafes, a large landscaped public plaza with a sweeping water feature is introduced at the base of the podium to reinforce the project’s aspirations to create a new landmark destination with which people can identify. Carefully scaled and tranquil landscaped gardens are introduced on top of the podium between the building fingers, to introduce a more private space for the buildings’ occupants and users to balance the buzz and activity of the development’s retail base.

The retail podium is designed around an active network of vertical and horizontal retail experiences to help create a distinct and unique retail community focused around varying lifestyles. Atria hubs at the heart of the retail are introduced to provide distinctive characters within the shopping space and accommodate new experimental events which constantly evoke a sense of discovery and new experiences for visitors.

The external perimeter facades draw from the surrounding Omani mountain textures, introducing prominent undulating horizontal earth-coloured louvres that shade the building’s interiors from the harsh bright sunlight. The facades facing the landscaped gardens between the building fingers plays on the more intimate scale of the courtyards with a vertical reading screen.