Asharq News Services
Services (6)
Sectors
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East
Client
Saudi Research and Marketing Group
Architect
Clickspring Design
Our team designed an integrated multimedia financial news service production facility, within Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC), spanning 5300m² across four floors. The project incorporates a newsroom studio, production studio, green screen studio, and current affairs set together with their associated control rooms. Additional functions, such as edit suites, theatre screening rooms, graphics, and NOC engineering, further enhance the facility's capabilities.
A section of the DIFC data centre was allocated to support up to seventy data cabinets, with fibre cables transmitting over 1500m to the Asharq News Services premises. Given the complexity of the existing base build distribution system, the backup generation system was designed to support the entire tenant area. To accommodate the high cooling demands of the broadcasting studios while optimising service distribution zones and maintaining superior acoustic performance, we implemented an innovative, integrated, and resilient air conditioning system.
Tony Owens, Technical Director, commented: "We introduced a new feature interconnecting the staircase between all floors. This cut through main beam lines within a post tension structure and required the inclusion of carbon fibre reinforcement to minimise the structural impact."
Through an integrated and collaborative approach with all stakeholders, the client’s vision was achieved while providing efficient, resilient engineering systems and a fast-track delivery programme.
