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Water Feature (Sheik Khalifa Energy Complex)
From what may seem like a generic water feature, actually meant a great deal to me.
It is situated at the forefront of Sheik Khalifa Energy Complex main entrance. lt provides vanishing points for those who are intending on accessing the complex and for those who are following the provided linnear pathway running adjacent to the building itself and the carpark. Through this, the Sheik Khalifa Energy company did not want loiter and play to take place in front of its established entrance way since the situation of this bulky structure minimises informal social behaviour from taking place.

Despite the sincere but professional atmosphere it strongly emits, sparks of play are sometimes witnessed by means of wildlife activity. The shallow depth of water in this feature enables local birds to cool down and drink.

I am not particularly fascinated in its design and engineering, perhaps I have seen water features like this all too often. However, it distinctively reminds me of Townshend LA's water features within the completed More London development - one of the first legitimate landscape architecture sites I experienced in Oct 2008, First Sights with Kingston University.

(More London image - www.urbandesigncompendium.co.uk)