Ranim Garden

With Ranim Garden, we created an array of opportunities for the local kids and community to gather comfortably underneath its dense canopies. Located next to one of the local mosques, the park has instantly become a natural meeting place.

Using our nature-based design, we have created lush, varied, and shaded spaces for both the local wildlife and the neighborhood’s children to enjoy. Ranim Garden has immediately attracted several native animals – such as the Kuhl pipistrelle bat feasting on the many insects striving in the area. At the same time, the park offers various recreational and sporting opportunities, promoting an active lifestyle.

Building on years of ecological research into Abu Dhabi’s plants and biodiversity, SLA has designed Ranim Garden as one of six major parks in Khalifa City. The parks contain more than 6.700 trees and bushes, comprised of 40 different native plant species. All are specifically chosen to minimize irrigation, strengthen biodiversity, and maximize natural cooling for the well-being of the park’s many human and non–human visitors. SLA’s biodiversity study identifies 40 plant species, 55 bird species, 56 insect species, three mammal species, and four reptile species likely to inhabit the new parks.

Inspired by local traditions and using native flora and fauna, we have turned the barren city block of sand into a green, healthy, and social community park for the inhabitants of Khalifa City.

In 2023, our Community Parks in Khalifa City were awarded the prestigious Monocle Design Award for Best Urban Park.