Urban Context:

While the development is a departure from the surrounding built elements, the area around the site is already evolving in anticipation of the project. The area to the north of the site especially has a strong potential for redevelopment. This redevelopment can serve to strengthen the site and the number of visitors to the site. The fourth ring road is currently a commercial corridor. The completion of the Mabanee development will anchor the other side of this district along the fifth ring road. The region between these areas should be considered with the design of the northern perimeter such that future development could integrate and bring more people onto the site and create a larger destination than the Mabanee development alone, as has happened in the Salmiya area of Kuwait, which only strengthens the development.