BOOKS LEAVES 

LOCATED IN DUBAI DOWNTOWN, THE MOST VISITED AREA IN DUBAI, THE  BUILDING IS THE REPRESENTATION OF DIFFERENT  SECTIONS OF  THE LIBRARY BY SYMBOLIC  ELEMENT WHICH IS THE LEAF, EACH LEAF REFER TO A SPECIAL SECTION OR SECTOR OF BOOKS LIKE SCIENCE, LITERATURE, ART, NOVELS…ETC. THE LEAVES ARE SURROUNDING THE MAIN READING AREA SO IT ACT LIKE A SHELL OR AN OUTER SKIN FOR THE BUILDING, AND THIS BECAME THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN, THE MAIN ELEMENT OF THE BUILDING CAN BE REMOVED WITH OUT A MAJOR EFFECT ON THE FUNCTION! THE SOLUTION WAS TO INVERT THE IDEA THE VOID BECAME THE MASS AND THE MASS BECAME THE VOID THE BUILDING DESIGNED TO REACH THE STAND OF SUSTAINABILITY WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THE OUTER PROTECTION FAÇADE THE EXTENSION OF THE LEAVE TO COVER THE BUILDING MASS, AND THE SEPARATED LEAVE PROTECT THE BUILDING FORM THE HEAT AND SUN RADIATION, THE BUILDING IS INCLUDES 4 MAIN FLOORS , BASEMENT FOR MEETING AND LECTURE HALL, GROUND FLOOR AS THE MAIN SPACE , FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR FOR ADMINISTRATIONS AND SERVICES, THE ROOF CAN BE USED FOR OUTDOOR CINEMA .