Abu Dhabi to get an underground park
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A new underground park is expected to be built in Abu Dhabi catering to families. The park is being designed by London-based Heatherwick Studio. The 20-metre high shaded Al Fayah Park will offer visitors cafes, play spaces, a library, pools and streams as well as date palms and community vegetable gardens.
According to Heatherwick, the canopy aims to reduce amount of water lost to evaporation and so will improve the park’s energy efficiency and sustainability. Reports suggest that construction of Al Fayah Park is likely to begin in 2015 and due to be completed in 2017.
The existing public space evoked the style of a European park by covering the desert with a blanket of grass.
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