Media City Zone 1 is a mixed-use development extending over three city blocks and housing facilities and infrastructure catering toward the education, creation, development and production of media related content. The spaces comprise of 13 production studios and their associated post-production facilities, a training academy, retail, residential, commercial towers and hotel, and public amenity areas.

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The overall development is configured in a three-storey pedestrian oriented podium that houses media functions, street related retail and residential units, below-grade parking, connected by a triple height enclosed galleria known as the Connector. Above the podium reside six object style commercial towers and hotel. The office towers are designed to provide flexibility for full tenant and multi tenant layouts, while the hotel will be occupied by a 4 star hotel operator. The podium roof is planted with indigenous vegetation and houses public as well as hotel amenities accessible from the Connector and towers. 

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The ensemble of buildings is experienced as a set of large-scale media display frames, homage to the programmatic content within, and creating a visual and intentional statement to the observer. The façades that form the frame are designed with an elegant and dynamic GFRC cladding system and are asymmetrically proportioned. A set of south facing double skin walls provide ventilation, thermal extraction and regulation, and shading becoming a major sustainability story for the project. The curtain wall is outfitted with computerized high-resolution LEDs allowing the frames to broadcast media content at night.