Water condensate from the cooling equipment of Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building by Emaar Properties, is being recovered to irrigate an 11-hectare park at the foot of the tower.

The water condensate provides an estimated 15 million gallons of water a year, enough to fill 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools, a statement said.

Celebrating the theme ‘A Tower in a Park,’ the landscaping of Burj Dubai has distinct divisions that serve the tower’s hotel, residential, spa and corporate office areas.

The Park has six spectacular water features, lush green gardens and colourful flowering trees, the statement added.

“The design of The Park is also inspired by the core design concepts of Burj Dubai, based on the symmetries of the desert flower, Hymenocalis, and regional motifs,” said Mohamed Alabbar, chairman, Emaar Properties.

“The Park creates a soothing oasis of green, and is a logical extension to the Emaar Boulevard, envisaged as one of the world’s finest boulevards,” he added.

At the core of The Park design is a ‘water room’ located at the base of the tower and defined by walls of dancing jets and pools.

While the water experience continues to become a focal feature for the visitors at each of the entrances, closer to the lake side The Park has a series of large reflecting pools with the infinity edges that cascade and visually link to the lake.

Fountains, palm fringed walkways and flowering trees line the base with special entry roads leading to the hotel and residential arrival courts. Each walkway has an assorted mix of flowering trees, green shrubs and ground covers.

The site furnishings, including the railings, benches and signs, incorporate the abstract imagery of Burj Dubai’s design inspiration, the Hymenocalis. Tightly spaced double rows of date palms create shade and scale, and extend as a green colonnade towards the Emaar Boulevard.

The plants used for landscaping include a choice of evergreen ficuses and cassias. Royal Poincianas, with their trademark bright red blooms, decorate the centre of the tower base. Acacias, Yellow Elders and Chaste trees add to the shrub and ground cover.

Splashes of bougainvillea, white coloured flowers, concentric hedges of Carissa, low growing vines, several exotic succulents including aloes and agaves add to the allure of the park, the statement said. – TradeArabia News Service