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Emirati One Luxury Car Showroom by Marwan Mrad

Emirati One Luxury Car Showroom

Golden A' Design Award Winner 2022

Marwan Mrad's Emirati One Luxury Car Showroom presents a breathtaking interior environment where curvilinear architectural forms spiral through space with balletic grace, establishing an immediate visual dialogue between organic fluidity and technological precision. The composition anchors itself around a dramatic sweeping illuminated band that traces an elliptical path across the ceiling, functioning as both architectural element and sculptural gesture, its continuous LED edge lighting creating a luminous trajectory that guides the eye through the volumetric space. The chromatic palette operates within a sophisticated monochromatic schema of ivory whites, charcoal blacks, and silvered grays, punctuated by strategic accents of crimson red visible on select vehicles positioned within the display area. Tonal relationships establish a compelling high-contrast dialogue between the brilliant white sculptural masses and the deep black ceiling plane, with the polished concrete flooring in cool slate tones providing transitional middle values. The spatial construction employs a dynamic asymmetrical balance, with the curvilinear staircase element at right creating vertical thrust against the horizontal sweep of the ceiling feature, while multiple luxury automobiles arranged in the middle ground establish rhythmic intervals across the showroom floor. Lighting operates on multiple registers: the continuous linear illumination along architectural edges creates floating weightlessness, ambient downlighting washes the white surfaces with soft diffusion, and the fiber optic starfield ceiling introduces celestial atmosphere suggesting infinite depth. Surface textures range from the high-gloss lacquered finish of the sculptural white forms to the matte absorption of the dark ceiling membrane, while the vehicles themselves contribute reflective chrome and glossy automotive finishes that multiply light sources throughout the space. The spatial envelope suggests contemporary parametric architecture with echoes of Zaha Hadid's fluid formalism, creating an environment that transcends mere commercial function to achieve genuinely experiential architectural significance.

Emirati One is a car showroom and museum, located in Burj Vista tower, on the boulevard, facing Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The project with a total of 997 square meters is a masterpiece that salutes fine craftsmanship and pays tribute to world heritage, an homage to intricate details that have defined automotive design throughout the years.