Burj 2020

Phase 1a Technical

Review

Members of the We Design For… team were employed to carry out a high level technical review of future planned maintenance strategies, MEP, sustainability and health and well being for the impressive first phase of the Burj 2020 District (Now renamed as ‘Uptown Dubai’), an upcoming megaproject set to include a skyscraper dubbed ‘the diamond of Dubai’ as well as retail, hospitality and residential spaces.

The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) project will Burj 2020 District, an upcoming megaproject set to include a skyscraper dubbed ‘the diamond of Dubai’ as well as retail, hospitality and residential spaces.

The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) project will include seven towers spanning a built-up area of over 1 million square metres. The project will eventually include a single-use commercial tower, three residential towers and 100,000 square metres of retail space, DMCC said.

Phase 1a includes the centrepiece of the district, the Burj 2020 tower. A tower designed by Adrian Smith and Gordin Gill (AS + GG), the architects behind the Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia.