Karbala, Iraq · 2024

MUDKP is ENKIDU's urban and engineering design proposal for a mixed-use development in Karbala, Iraq. The masterplan brings together eight towers around a shared landscape spine…
MUDKP is ENKIDU's urban and engineering design proposal for a mixed-use development in Karbala, Iraq. The masterplan brings together eight towers around a shared landscape spine six residential, two dedicated to hotel and commercial use, organised so that living, retail, and hospitality share one continuous ground plane rather than existing as separate zones.



The towers step in height and massing, reading as a coherent skyline rather than a row of isolated blocks. A grid-like façade language unifies the towers while their varying heights and setbacks create rhythm across…
The towers step in height and massing, reading as a coherent skyline rather than a row of isolated blocks. A grid-like façade language unifies the towers while their varying heights and setbacks create rhythm across the site. At ground level, palm-lined streets, pedestrian plazas, and a central green corridor bring human scale back to a development of this size spaces designed for daily life, not just circulation between buildings.

