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Design International unveils its Photovoltaic bike pathway by
latest architectural peter kuczia features illuminated
masterpiece in Dubai, Silicon Central, and celebrates the canopy + charging stations
opening of Lulu Group›s 209th hypermarket
Silicon Central, designed by Design International, With a total of 81,500 sqm GLA and 3,500 car
opens its doors to the public of Dubai who will park spaces, Silicon Central Mall will include a Bike pathways, also known as veloroutes, are system uses solar power to generate electricity,
experience the latest Lulu hypermarket, a new 9,000 16,800 sqm hypermarket and department store, becoming an increasingly important element of which can be used for on-site charging stations
sqm flagship store by Lulu Group. 218 retail shops and services, 50 restaurant modern transportation within cities nowadays, and lighting, while the surplus energy collected can
The project, already considered a new landmark outlets with dedicated home delivery services, 12 prompting designers to reimagine their future be distributed for additional services. The project
in Dubai, represents a step forward in the now cinema screens, 5,000 sqm fitness, co-working use and potential. With this in mind, and heavily is designed as an eye-catching structure that
well-established collaboration between Design and students quite-rooms integrated areas, and a influenced by the concept of sustainability, architect attracts the attention of passers-by, encouraging
International and Line Investments & Property FZE, 7,000 sqm family entertainment centre. During its peter kuczia has introduced ‘solar veloroute’, a them to learn more about sustainability. To further
the shopping mall division of Lulu Group International, latest months of construction, Silicon Central Mall multifunctional photovoltaic pathway for bikers ensure that ‘solar veloroute’ serves as an informal
a world-renowned purveyor of an international has been adapted to integrate physical spaces with and pedestrians. The project has been created educational experience for the public, the architect
business portfolio that ranges from hypermarket a digital application, moving boundaries to deliver for districts in Switzerland and Dubai, but can be has installed display panels and posters with
operations to shopping mall development. a fully integrated customer experience both inside adapted to any location and climatic zone. information about the benefits of using solar power
Davide Padoa, Design International’s CEO, explains: and outside the mall premises. Davide Padoa in peter kuczia’s ‘solar veloroute’, the photovoltaic on a global scale.
“All of the parties involved in this project share the summarizes saying: “Silicon Central Mall is one of
same values: the development of the community, the first major projects that boldly symbolizes the
as well as the desire to be at the forefront of style, rebirth, and the recovery to normal daily life, after
technology and sustainable innovation, which is the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in one of the
what Silicon Central stands out for.” most dynamic cities in the world”.
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