TAHLIA TOWER - Mixed use building in Jeddah | Sergio Iaquinta

Jeddah city, major centre in Makkah province, represents, in a certain way, all Saudi Arabia, thanks to its strategic position on the Red sea (its harbour is the first on the Red sea). Jeddah is a fixed leg for Millions of pilgrims travelling to Makkah city.

The importance of Jeddah comes from this crucial position from the religious and commercial point of view, but also for the international connection network that have been developed during the years and finally thanks to the growth of new fields of development such as tourism, industry and many others.

The city is built with the mountains, as a natural evolution of the desert, at his back and it is developed along the sea. In Jeddah, it can be said, the Desert and the Sea comes together.

Tahlia Tower, in our vision, wants to be a new urban landmark. The tower is on the edge of Tahlia street, one of the main commercial road in the city, and will be located between well marked out buildings.

Respecting the character of the buildings around, with moderation, the projects wants to shape Jeddah’s dualism, the mountains and the desert, strong and arid matter, and the sea, soft, sinuous, and fresh.

In the shape of the building live together the strong matter on the east side and the soft and sinuous look on the West side.

Mixed activities such as retail, restaurants, offices, residential and hotels are included in the program. All the activities are service-industry and tourism oriented making the building a meeting, trading and interconnection point for different cultures.