Al Fahidi Fort

Client: Government of Dubai
Project Location:Al Fahidi Fort, Dubai
Value:  £5,000,000
Form of Tender: F.I.D.I.C Build
Award:  DTCM Tourism Gold
Designed by: Event Communications Limited

Experience within the Idess team includes the installation over a 2 year period of the National Museum of Dubai at Al Fahidi Fort.
           
A national monument on a world heritage site the project included period re-creation of the Quayside, a night in the desert and the building of a souk from local coral stone.
           
This installation brought with it not only exceptional heritage stipulations but specific challenges due to the fluctuations in temperature and moisture within the gallery spaces.
           
The main gallery features an experience under the sea in the gulf focusing on its wildlife and specialist environment.

Fit out included the full re-creation of the gallery ● Public works of art ●  Glass Graphics ●  Scenic painting in forced perspective ●  tableaux and setwork re-recreations ●  Diorama ● Showcases ● Graphics ●  Electrics ●  Lighting ●  Audio-Visual presentation ● models, propping to the Souk, Animal Interactives and Heritage film.