Location // Kuwait City, Al Seif Strip, Arabian Gulf
Category // Urban Development
Area // 240 sqm
Project Year // 2020
Al-Seif Staircase #s25k is a project under the umbrella of Amiri Diwan of Kuwait, donated by Tamdeen Group and supported by the Kuwait Municipality, Public Utilities Management Company (PUMC), and Al Ghanim International. It emerges as an initiative by Parallel Studio to refurbish the area that has witnessed significant contribution to cumulative Kuwait history given its heritage and ingenuity, it contributes once again to the consolidation and renewal of dialogue between generations through the staircase design.
Al-Seif Staircase design intent evolves beyond a programmatic statement, to which serving the passing by dwellers from level to another. It seeks to highlight the main concept of urban design, which is to draw attention to this particular area as a symbol of the rehabilitation and renovation efforts of the private sector in collaboration with the Kuwait Governmental sector and to strengthen the advanced social and urban status.
As for the design concept, it weaves a series of faceted geometrical characters that cascades between levels as evidence of order and balance. Materials from the original staircase were preserved in glass chambers to magnify its content paying tribute to the old structure. The seating g on the sides of the staircase serves as a resting ground contemplating the marriage between the past and the present. Supported by Elevation Burger, the Graffiti (the spirit of the past) will remain as it was to support the youth artists.