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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.

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

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