Benoy project‘Solitaire’, where we are delivering masterplanning, architecture, landscape design and interior design, continues take shape in Riyadh. Currently on site, the team have just finished the raft, and are about to cast the first basement slab.
The 65 000sqm GLA scheme, which marks our largest on-site project in the Middle East region, will see us reinventing retail as a vibrant urban district promoting social engagement and creating a landmark destination.
The project sees us breaking down the traditional form of a shopping mall and reinventing it as partially open-air retail streets, plazas and boutique streets alongside an elevated roof garden. Our sustainable design strategy includes a series of wind towers aiming to create a comfortable outdoor environment by using passive cooling technology.
The design vision is based on the crystalline forms of a geode which has inspired our design and informed the building’s facades, internal finishes and landscape. The diverse programmatic mix is arranged across three levels to create interconnected spaces to engage its users and promote wellbeing. The high quality public realm is the soul of the Solitaire; enticing landscape, water bodies and respite areas are created for the comfort of visitors, to enhance their physical experience.
The project is currently on site.
Read an article about the project in the January edition of Landscape Middle East magazine. (p4‑9).
