mbc studio city
Completed by clickspring design
(drafting / documentation, ASST. project management)
Founded in London in 1991, MBC (Middle East Broadcasting Center) is the largest private media company in the Middle East and North Africa. It has been headquartered in Dubai since 2002. The new facility is located in Dubai's Studio City — a three square kilometer area that is home to film and broadcast production.
Clickspring's challenge was to design a 1,854 Sq. meter (19,957 sq. ft.), multi-level, on-air studio environment with three broadcast venues dedicated to news, sports, children's and daytime programming. The scope of work included renovating three floors of editorial office space which included private offices, hot-desk workstations, conference areas, editorial suites, a café, and the building's secure main lobby.
The main studio features a dramatic spiral staircase connecting the three studios via a mezzanine level. The staircase is clad with an integrated media display. Other features of the main studio include a suspended catwalk bridge, demonstration kitchen, expansive double-height LED vista wall and a 5-meter star-shaped social media display tower which intersects each studio. Multiple tracking monitor arrays and the inclusion of an elaborate, re-configurable anchor desk complete this dynamic broadcast space.
