The Mukaab – LEED Certification Approach

I. Scope of the Project

The Mukaab, is an upcoming world’s largest modern downtown project in the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Project team has divided
the mega-project into conceivable parcels, namely the Seven Assets, with further subdivisions. The entire project is a New
Construction, and the scope includes targeting LEED v4/4.1 certification for the entire project. The Mukaab project is being developed
by same owner/client and project team (consultants, contractors, etc.)
The Mukaab development consists of the following assets and features.

Figure 1 Schematic section of the Entire Mukaab and each asset for better understanding

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Table 1 3D view of individual assets and features

1. Basement 2. Wadi Podiums

Project consists of 4 Podium blocks. The podium comprises of

following space type:
The project has a common basement comprising of 3 levels (B1. B2 and o Retail: 1-2 floors
B3). The basements are currently composed of car parking allowance, o Office: 5-7 floors
MEP and other back of House (BOH) services. o Hotel: 4-6 floors
o Residential: 4-6 floors

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 3. Central Tower 4. Dome (feature)

Hotel
* Not a habitable building
Retail
Hotel
(40 Floors)

Retail (8 Floors)

The Central Tower comprises of following space type: The Dome is an internally illuminated exterior inward display which
o Retail – 8 floors is designed to provide digital experience for the central tower.
o Offices – 4 floors
o Hotel – 40 floors

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 5. Corner Towers – (Residential: East and West) (Mixed use: North & South) 6. Rooftop (Residential: East and West) (Hotel: North & South)

Residential
(E&W) Residential
(G+2)

Hotel + Residential
(N&S)
*Residential covering more that60%
of total GFA) Hotel (G+2)

The Mukaab Corner Towers comprises of 4 towers on each end i.e., North, The rooftop majorly comprises of the following space usage:
South, East, and West. All the Towers are connected at both Ground level o Residential – G+2 Floors
and Rooftop level. The Space usage for corner towers is divided into
o Hotel – G+2 Floors
following:
o East and West Tower o Outdoor leisure space +landscape
▪ Residence (69 Floors) including supporting MEP and
Amenities Floors.
o North and South Tower
▪ Residence (34 floors)
▪ Hotel + Service Apartments (17 floors)
▪ Entertainment (7 floors)
▪ Amenities (2 Floors)
▪ Services (Remaining Floor)

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 7. Najdi Screen

Exterior LED
panels

* Not a habitable building

It is a façade component consisting of LEDs designed through a layering of filigree pattern. The Najdi Screen wraps the Corner Towers and
the central tower as single large envelope.

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Schematic Program section for Mukaab

(Illuminated external display -

inward looking)

Figure 2 Sectional diagram of the project

The Entire Mukaab is has a common Basement connecting all assets. Additionally, The Corner towers are connected at Mukaab
Ground Level and Rooftop and The Wadi Podiums are connected at Mukaab Ground Level and connected to the Rooftop via a
Shuttle lift which directly connects both allowing every asset to access Rooftop space.

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II. Area Program (Tentative)

Wadi Podium Centre Tower

Hospitality
9%
71,654 m2

Hospitality
Retail 29%
Residential 43% 1,31,806 m2
3,41,791 m2 Retail
38% 66%
2,97,270 m2 2,98,389 m2
Office
Office 5%
10% 21,205 m2
82,735 m2

Retail Office Residential Hospitality Retail Office Hospitality

Rooftop Corner Towers

Entertainment,
8%
90,216 m2
Entertainment Residential
30% 31% Hospitality,
40,000 m 2 42,443 m2 15% Residential
1,71,817 m2 77%
8,93,329 m2
Hospitality
39%
53,010 m2

Residential Hospitality Entertainment Residential Hospitality Entertainment

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Figure 3 Graphical representation of end uses in different assets

For better clarity of the project, the following references are attached:
1. The Mukaab - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj2jErpwQQk

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