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    Al Fay Park is a new 27,500 square meter public park in downtown Abu Dhabi designed by Danish landscape architects SLA. Through over a year of research on the native flora and fauna of the UAE, SLA designed Al Fay Park using only local plant species to create a lush, green oasis that reduces temperatures and attracts wildlife. The park's innovative design maximizes biodiversity and natural cooling to establish a new paradigm for public green spaces in the Middle East.

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    Al Fay Park is a new 27,500 square meter public park in downtown Abu Dhabi designed by Danish landscape architects SLA. Through over a year of research on the native flora and fauna of the UAE, SLA designed Al Fay Park using only local plant species to create a lush, green oasis that reduces temperatures and attracts wildlife. The park's innovative design maximizes biodiversity and natural cooling to establish a new paradigm for public green spaces in the Middle East.

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    Al Fay Park is a new 27,500 square meter public park in downtown Abu Dhabi designed by Danish landscape architects SLA. Through over a year of research on the native flora and fauna of the UAE, SLA designed Al Fay Park using only local plant species to create a lush, green oasis that reduces temperatures and attracts wildlife. The park's innovative design maximizes biodiversity and natural cooling to establish a new paradigm for public green spaces in the Middle East.

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    Al Fay Park UAE

    Case Study
    Al Fay Park is designed by Danish
    nature-design stars SLA. A new kind
    of urban nature park has seen the
    light of day in Abu Dhabi. Gone are
    the water-consuming and soulless
    ‘Las Vegas landscapes’ of the past.
    Enter Al Fay Park – a new 27,500
    m2 public park in downtown Abu
    Dhabi that signals a new kind of
    Middle Eastern city development:
    Driven by inclusive nature rather
    than iconic buildings
    With its innovative biodiversity, microclimate, and
    social activities, Al Fay Park is a paradigm shift in
    how to design and implement nature in the dense
    megacities of the Middle East.
    The park design is devised through
    SLA’s in-house biologists and
    planting experts’ yearlong research
    studies of the region’s unique nature
    and wildlife. Research published in
    SLA’s own internal plant book
    covering all the native plant species
    of the UAE, their optimal growing
    and living conditions, and how to
    integrate them into the design
    “Al Fay Park is a new type of forest park in Abu
    Dhabi. Through our extensive research in the region’s
    flora and fauna, we create a new paradigm for how
    to think and design the public realm in the Middle
    East.

    Al Fay Park is a celebration of Abu Dhabi’s nature


    and culture and a prime example of how to
    maximize climate action, increase life-quality, and
    radically improve the biodiversity of an entire city
    – all on a former sand site,” says Rasmus Astrup,
    Design Principal and Partner in SLA
    As the first biodiversity park in the UAE,
    Al Fay Park contains more than 2,000
    native trees and bushes – including the
    national Ghaf trees that have been
    replanted from desert nurseries into the
    park – all specifically chosen to
    strengthen biodiversity for both planting
    and wildlife and to maximize natural
    cooling throughout the park. The
    resulting microclimate reduces traffic
    noise and temperature and creates a
    distinct forest-like environment. The
    specifically designed sloping entrances
    funnel the cooler southern breeze down
    into the park while local grasses and
    bushes reduce sand infiltration.
    “Al Fay Park is specifically designed to provide
    both biological, environmental, and social benefits
    to Abu Dhabi. The density of the trees, the soil
    design, the irrigation using solely recirculated
    water, and the sole use of native species not only
    ensure that the park has radically reduced its
    irrigation by 40 percent compared to
    conventional parks. The planting also attracts
    bees, pollinators, birds, and animals, providing a
    lush and lively atmosphere in the middle of Abu
    Dhabi – this is a park with a 100 percent birdsong
    guaranty! Lastly, the microclimate design provides
    the best possible social ecosystem for play, sports,
    and leisure – making Al Fay Park both socially and
    climatically ‘the coolest place in town,” says
    Rasmus Astrup, Design Principal and Partner in
    SLA.
    The result is a park with authentic ecosystems
    and natural habitats for wildlife that also is an
    open invitation for all to explore nature, interact
    with each other and relax together in a
    peaceful, comfortable, and serene setting

    Benefitting from the optimized microclimate, Al


    Fay Park is buzzing with social activities such as
    multiple sports facilities, playgrounds, street
    fitness, climbing walls, mini-golf, food trucks, and
    a host of informal outdoor seating areas. Along
    the edge of the park, a winding Forest Track
    invites visitors to explore sensuously and ‘wild’
    nature experiences amongst the flowers and
    grasses and under the canopies
    Thank-you

    Vishal Sukriti
    40/17 37/17

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