Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
Year : 2022
Photographs :Hufton+Crow
Manufacturers : KEIM, UniFor, Grohe
Structural Engineering : Buro Happold
Acoustics : Buro Happold
Transport : Buro Happold
Civil Engineering : Buro Happold
Sustainability : Buro Happold
Project Managment : Matthews Southwest
Landscape : Francis Landscape
Main Contractor : Al Futtaim Construction
Products used in this Project

BEEAH Group’s new headquarters in Sharjah, UAE, was opened on Wednesday, March 30 by His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah. Powered by its solar array and equipped with next-generation technologies for operations at LEED Platinum standards, the new headquarters has been designed by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) to achieve net-zero emissions and will be the group’s management and administrative centre that sets a new benchmark for future workplaces.

1.Introduction

 With their twin-pillared strategy of sustainability and digitalisation, BEEAH Group works across six key industries that include waste management and recycling, clean energy, environmental consulting, education and green mobility.

The headquarters is the latest milestone for BEEAH Group as it continues to pioneer innovations for Sharjah and across the globe, establishing a base of operations for the group to diversify into new, future-critical industries. With their new headquarters, BEEAH demonstrates how technology can scale sustainable impact and ultimately serve as a blueprint for tomorrow’s smart, sustainable cities.

Embodying these principles, the headquarters’ design responds to its environment as a series of interconnecting ‘dunes’ orientated and shaped to optimize local climatic conditions. Embedded within its context of Sharjah’s Al Sajaa desert, the design echoes the surrounding landscape shaped by prevailing winds into concave sand dunes and ridges that become convex when they intersect.

2.Advantages

Ensuring all internal spaces are provided with ample daylight and views while limiting the quantity of glazing exposed to the harsh sun, the headquarters’ two primary ‘dunes’ house the public and management departments together with the administrative zone that interconnect via a central courtyard, defining an oasis within the building which is integral to its natural ventilation strategy.

Visitors enter beneath the 15-metre high dome which further enhances natural ventilation and allows passive daylight to enter the building. In addition to the central courtyard and open-plan office, the headquarters incorporates smart meeting rooms, an immersive visitors centre, and an auditorium.

The 9,000 sq. m BEEAH Headquarters has sustainability at its core with a high percentage of locally procured materials and is equipped with future-ready technologies to enable operations at LEED Platinum standards with net-zero emissions and minimal energy consumption.

Glass reinforced fibre panels reduce solar gain while slab and glass cooling regulate interior temperatures for optimum comfort. On-site water treatment filtrates waste water to minimise consumption and its solar farm charges Tesla battery packs to meet the building’s energy demand throughout each day and night.

The employee experience includes contactless pathways, a virtual concierge, smart meeting rooms and a companion app that automates day-to-day tasks. The building’s smart management system automatically adjusts lighting and temperature depending on occupancy and time of day. The rooms are also equipped for remote and hybrid work scenarios with powerful collaboration tools.

Manifesting BEEAH’s twin pillars of sustainability and digitalisation, the new headquarters by ZHA is an important achievement for BEEAH Group, signalling its growth from a company founded to proactively tackle environmental issues in Sharjah, UAE, to an international group with businesses in industries that are critical to realising a sustainable future.

Following the 2013 international design competition, Zaha Hadid and her team at Zaha Hadid Architects were commissioned by BEEAH to design their new headquarters that would realise net-zero emissions and be integrated with next generation technologies to achieve a new standard for employee convenience and collaboration.

ZHA delivered the BEEAH Headquarters in collaboration with sustainability engineers and consultants Atelier Ten and Buro Happold, project managers Matthews Southwest, construction contractor Al Futtaim Construction, and MEP engineers Al Futtaim Engineering. Smart building technologies by Microsoft, Johnson Controls and EVOTEQ, a BEEAH Digital venture.

While echoing the surrounding sand dunes, the form of the Beeah Headquarters is also designed and orientated to withstand extreme weather conditions experienced on the site.The building is powered by a solar array linked to Tesla battery packs, which the studio said meets the building’s energy demand throughout each day and night.

3.Company

Zaha Hadid Architects took visual cues from undulating desert dunes when creating the sinuous headquarters for environmental management company Beeah Group in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.Designed by the late architect Zaha Hadid, the long-awaited Beeah Headquarters takes the form of a series “of interconnecting dunes” that echo its Al Sajaa desert surroundings.

The 9,000-square-metre building serves as a management and administrative centre for Beeah Group. According to Zaha Hadid Architects, it has a focus on sustainability to reflect the company’s work.

“The headquarters is the latest milestone for Beeah Group as it continues to pioneer innovations for Sharjah and across the globe, establishing a base of operations for the group to diversify into new, future-critical industries,” said Zaha Hadid Architects.

“With their new headquarters, Beeah demonstrates how technology can scale sustainable impact and ultimately serve as a blueprint for tomorrow’s smart, sustainable cities.”

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has completed a fluid work of architecture for BEEAH Group in the deserts of the UAE. The project marks the company’s new headquarters outside Sharjah, and was just opened on March 30th by His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi.

ZHA delivered the BEEAH Headquarters in collaboration with sustainability engineers and consultants Atelier Ten and Buro Happold, project managers Matthews Southwest, construction contractor Al Futtaim Construction, and MEP engineers Al Futtaim Engineering. Smart building technologies by Microsoft, Johnson Controls and EVOTEQ, a BEEAH Digital venture.

4.Conclusion

Glazing is minimised across the office to prevent exposure to the harsh desert sun, while glass fibre-reinforced concrete panels across the exterior help to regulate internal temperatures. There are also on-site water treatment facilities that filter wastewater to minimise consumption.

Inside, the building is divided into two wings. One houses the Beeah Group’s public and management departments while the other contains the administrative zone.

These areas are connected by a central courtyard, described by Zaha Hadid Architects as an “oasis within the building” that helps provide natural ventilation.

A highlight of the interior is the building’s 15-metre-high domed foyer, which has been designed to enhance natural ventilation and allow natural light to filter through. The headquarters also features a visitors centre, auditorium and ​​smart meeting rooms designed to facilitate collaboration with remote and office workers.

All internal spaces are positioned to ensure ample natural light and outward views without requiring expanses of glass.

A smart building management system has been incorporated to automatically adjust lighting and temperature depending on occupancy and the time of day.

source : archdaily _ wikipedia _ designboom _ archello _ dezeen

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