The Block provides a great example of how site-found waste materials can be successfully used to create both character and function within a public landscape. This award-winning urban park project was constructed to provide the primary outdoor recreational space for the Dubai Design District, while simultaneously drawing in visitors from outside the community to explore this new urban district. The design was shaped by the environmental and climatic conditions of Dubai. The composition of the elements both exploited and moderated the challenging conditions, combining sunny areas with shady spaces.desert INK seized the opportunity to use more than 700 surplus concrete quay-stones abandoned at the site during the construction of the adjacent Dubai Water Canal. The use of such local materials not only served to reduce the environmental impacts of the construction process, but critically helped to define a new, locally-relevant palette of landscape materials. The Block provides a successful case study advocating the incorporation of native materials within landscapes.