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The Boulevard

A mixed use artery of Amman’s new downtown. It includes hotels, offices, residences, retail uses and was designed to attract a flow of pedestrians intrigued by its programmatic variety. The project is currently one of the most successful public spaces in Amman, and is adopted by local communities as a focal point for commercial and civic activities.
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Abdali Investment & Development PSC
Amman, Jordan
City
Amman, Jordan
Cost
USD 350 Million
Year
2011
Client
Abdali Investment & Development PSC
Area
237,000 m2 built-up - 26,000 m2 land
Scope

Challenge

Approach

Status
Cost
USD 2.8 billion
Area
26,000,000m² land 2,500,000m² built-up
Services provided

Roads and infrastructure design

Location
Riyadh, KSA
Client
Saudi Oger
Project Description
The Boulevard is the mixed use artery of Amman’s new downtown. It includes hotels, offices, residences, retail uses and was designed to attract a flow of pedestrians intrigued by its programmatic variety. The project is currently one of the most successful public spaces in Amman, and is adopted by local communities as a focal point for commercial and civic activities.
The Brief
Abdali Boulevard Company aimed to achieve two objectives:
• Creating a prime pedestrian experience in Amman
• Developing a district that is economically attractive to investors coming from multiple industries (hospitality, corporations, retail, etc.)
Our Response
Laceco responded to the above objectives by:

• Designing a consistent urban framework that nevertheless provided a diversity in the individual architectural character of buildings
• Curating a seamless pedestrian experience in a site that had a challenging topography and was exposed to dominant winds
• Anchoring the site along three platforms linked to each other by a continuous game of terraces, stairs, suspended bridges and esplanades that gently slope down the length of the development
• Conducting value engineering and cost optimization studies to preserve economic viability of the development
City
Amman, Jordan
Cost
USD 350 Million
Year
2011
Client
Abdali Investment & Development PSC
Area
237,000 m2 built-up - 26,000 m2 land
Services Provided
Conceptual design
Preliminary design
Interior design
Final design of architecture and urban furniture
Supervision and construction management
Our Response

Laceco responded to the above objectives by:

Designing a consistent urban framework that nevertheless provided a diversity in the individual architectural character of buildings.

Curating a seamless pedestrian experience in a site that had a challenging topography and was exposed to dominant winds.

Anchoring the site along three platforms linked to each other by a continuous game of terraces, stairs, suspended bridges and esplanades that gently slope down the length of the development.

Conducting value engineering and cost optimization studies to preserve economic viability of the development.

Our Response

Laceco responded to these objectives by the following: Performing a traffic impact study including modeling and simulation for intersections and gates to ensure high level of service for all roads and functions, Proposing a 200‚Äâkm roads network that balances between capacity, accessibility and privacy, tying with the existing surrounding roads by five gates, and incorporating collector/secondary/tertiary roads, and spine roads, Opting for a combined domestic and firefighting network with centralized water storage of 20,000‚Äâm3, and a central automatic irrigation system fed from the treated sewage effluent, Designing sanitary/storm sewer collection networks including lift stations where needed, Designing medium/low voltage distribution networks, including the related MV/LV package substations, high voltage cable reservation, street and landscape lighting, and telecom duct banks, Proposing a sewage treatment plant (20,000‚Äâm3/day-extendible to 30,000‚Äâm3/day), Implementing two 90,000‚Äâm3 evaporation ponds to store storm water generated by the project.

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