Dubai Internet City (DIC)

 is an information technology park.

 created by gov. of Dubai (founded in Oct 1999).
 a free economic zone (minimum or no taxes).
 Leased to owners for a period of 50 years.
 Home to Facebook, Google, LinkedIn regional bases.
 Commercial office spaces span over one and a half million sq.ft. (34.5 acres approx.).
 Houses over 1400 companies and 10000 workers.

Division
 DIC is subdivided into:
1. Dubai Internet City.
2. Dubai Media City.
3. Knowledge Village.
4. Innovation Hub.
 DIC houses companies from sectors like
1. Software Development,
2. Business Services,
3. E-Commerce,
4. Consultancy,
5. Sales and Marketing etc…
Genom e Valley (Hyderabad, India)
 Indian High-Tec business district spread across 200 acres.
 Commissioned in 1999 in a public-private partnership with an estimated cost of 33.85
billion.
 Has developed a cluster for Biomedical research, training and manufacturing.

Cluster Map
 MN Park includes built-up facilities of around 600000 sq.ft. (13.77 acres).

 Preleased facilities
include:
o Industrial
assets,
o specialized
office spaces,
o specialized
warehousing,
o logistics,
o food processing,
o light
manufacturing,
o Pharmaceutical R&D,
o Biotechnology etc…
Case Study

InterTech R&D Building (Istanbul, Turkey)

 Architects: ERA Architects.
 Area: 19000 m² (4.69 acres).
 Year: 2016.
 Location: Istanbul Technopark Campus, next to the Sabiha Gokcen Airport.

Design Concept
 To create a comfort place where users can contemplate with views of a wide horizon between
earth and sky, in a digital environment.

The Design
 The building is divided into two arms inviting users inside (entrance).
 A bridge (gym) connects the two sides defining an entrance courtyard.
 a total of ten floors, which four of them are placed below ground.

 The below ground floors consist of:

o car parking,
o elevator hall.
 The ground floor consist of:
o entrance hall,
o service areas (restrooms and shafts),
o common areas,
 o rental office areas, and a
o café.
 The floors above the ground consist of
o studios,
o open work spaces,
o rental office areas,
o tea-coffee stations/ kitchen,
o open/ closed meeting rooms,
o conference hall,
o gym,
o fire-escape stairs,
o service areas (restrooms and shafts).
o terraces allowing users to relax outside (on break times).
 Some of the panels on the façade, controlled by an automation system, are regularly
opened on specific hours of the day to let the fresh air in.

Technological Park (Obidos)

 Architects: Jorge Mealha
 Year: 2014
 Location: Outskirts of Óbidos, Portugal.

Design Concept
 The design strategy proposes increasing as much as possible the green surface.
 A place where landscape is determinant for the spatial structure.
 Interesting public spaces called “Terreiros” (a kind of large free spaces in Portugal’s
countryside).
 These flexible spaces allow small communities to organize traditional events, informal open-
air markets, religious processions, music concerts and traditional activities or games.
 The “terreiros”, were in fact quite effective public spaces despite its often form-less borders.
 The design decision focused a large public space as a complement of the natural
landscape.

The Design
 The resulting design proposal is at the end quite simple.
 Part of the programme embeds underneath the landscape aiming:
o to increase the green surfaces within the plot,
o to decrease energy needs in terms of HVAC systems.
 At ground floor are located:
o support spaces (main meeting and multipurpose room),
o a Fablab,
o a small restaurant,
o some shops, and
o main technical areas.
 On the floating cloister are located:
 o all the rental office units, and
o a few labs.

Materials
 Mainly three materials (Concrete, Steel and glass) are used.
 The ground floor is:
o about rough concrete, with few wood work and painted black elements.
o expressed as a terrestrial structure.
o a rough and heavy expression.

 The first floor is:

o all about geometry and clarity with a set of huge metal trusses.
o External walls with light damp proof insulated panels.
o Internal walls with light dry gypsum panels system.
 The outer facade is:
o built with lacquered perforated steel scaffold units.