Concrete is a multi-disciplinary space located on Alserkal Avenue in the Al Quoz district of Dubai. It is the first building in the United Arab Emirates to be completed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).Heathcote, Edwin."OMA’s Concrete rises in Dubai", The Financial Times, 10 March 2017 With multiple configurations, the 600-square-metre Concrete has double-height ceilings, movable walls and a translucent facade that can be positioned to create indoor-outdoor experiences.Gibson, Eleanor. "OMA's first project in Dubai is a cultural centre with moving eight-metre-high walls", Dezeen, 16 March 2017.
Iyad Alsaka of OMA's Dubai office was the lead architect on the project,Ro, Lauren. "OMA opens its first project, Concrete, in Dubai as a flexible arts venue" Curbed, 17 March 2017 which opened to public in March 2017 with the exhibition Syria: Into the Light, organized the Atassi Foundation.Boucher, Brian. "Rem Koolhaas Infliltrates Dubai With an Expectation-Defying Art Center" Artnet News, 17 March 2017 Non-profit exhibitions held in Concrete since its inauguration are: While We Wait, commissioned by the Victoria & Albert Museum; Ishara: Signs, Symbols and Shared Languages, in partnership with UAE Unlimited; Adapt to Survive in collaboration with Hayward Gallery, London, and Fabric(ated) Fractures, in collaboration with Samdani Art Foundation.
In April 2019, Concrete was shortlisted for the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
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