02 — The tower
Light as material
By day the tower reads in clean contrast — light metal against dark glass. By night the ribbon becomes a drawn line of warm light, tracing the profile of the building and the curve of the balconies, while the vertical signage blade carries the MIDMAC mark at city scale. The lighting is integrated into the facade profile itself; no fixture is visible.
At street level the building opens. A generous glazed colonnade sets the retail frontage back behind a shaded arcade, giving pedestrians depth, shadow and shelter.
- Typology
- 12-storey residential tower over a retail arcade
- Location
- Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Project no.
- MRD-01
- Facade system
- Unitised curtain wall, aluminium composite fins, curved GRC corner
- Palette
- Graphite glazing · champagne aluminium · warm-white cove lighting
- Ground floor
- Glazed retail arcade with recessed shaded colonnade
- Crown
- Louvred roof screen with concealed perimeter lighting
- Residences
- 21 apartments across mezzanine, typical and roof floors
