Yigo 26 by YIGO Development in Dubai International City
Yigo 26 is a residential building that YIGO Development plans in Dubai International City, Dubai. It is specified as a high-rise of 13 storeys, and the unit mix named for it is made up of studios and one-bedroom apartments.
The plot has a short history of its own. It was first set aside for a different scheme, Rufi Grand Apartments, which was later cancelled; Yigo 26 is the project now planned in its place.
The building and its apartments
The architecture described for Yigo 26 pairs curving forms with plain geometric proportions. Inside, the specification calls for natural colours, soft textures and contemporary fittings, and the apartment layouts are planned to be flexible, with the emphasis placed on daylight and open space.
The arrival is planned as a generous lobby finished in warm colours and contemporary materials, and seating areas are also listed.
Amenities
Every amenity below is specified for the project rather than built. The list named for Yigo 26 covers:
- a swimming pool
- a gym, alongside a separate fitness studio
- a court for padel tennis
- a yoga room, a yoga studio and a meditation area
- an open-air barbecue area
- a rooftop garden, planned with planting and soft seating
- a residents' lounge for informal get-togethers
- a library on level 6, with a reading corner
- car parking
The padel court, the barbecue area and the rooftop garden make up the outdoor part of the plan; the rest sits inside the building.
Dubai International City
Dubai International City is reached from interchanges 5 and 6 on the E311, Mohammed Bin Zayed Road. The community is divided into 30 sub-communities.
Its residential core is arranged as repeating clusters, each named after a country and built in an architectural style drawn from it: China, Morocco, Greece, Persia, France, Spain, Italy, Russia, the Emirates and England. The clusters ring a Central Business District, where apartments tend to be larger than in the country clusters and come with more facilities, such as pools and gyms.
Dragon Mart sits within the community. The dragon-shaped complex runs for 1.2 kilometres, covers 150,000 sq m and holds 3,950 shops, and it opened in 2004, ahead of the residential buildings around it. Its trade is centred on goods from China: electronics, machinery, office equipment, building materials, furnishings, household items and clothing. A second phase, Dragon Mart 2, opened in 2016 across 93,000 sq m, adding close to 1,000 outlets for shopping, dining and entertainment, a hypermarket of 100,000 sq ft, a Novo cinema with 12 screens and an Ibis Styles hotel of 251 rooms linked straight into the mall.
The Al Aweer sewage plant, in operation since 1988, adjoins the community to the east; the Emirates cluster lies about 200 metres from it.