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|  Θέμα: Abu Dhabi : Architecture 01.02.09 15:37 | |
| Investment Council Headquarters
International architectural practice, Aedas, has been named the winner of an international invited design competition for the Abu Dhabi Investment Council Headquarters.
Competition entries were invited from a select list of practices with the objective of producing two landmark towers to accommodate offices for the Investment Council, providing working, private amenity, dining, conference and meeting spaces for over 2,000 employees. The clients’ brief was to provide a pair of outstanding landmark buildings of the highest architectural quality reflecting the standing and prominence of the Investment Council.
The two towers occupy two neighbouring sites, located within close proximity to Al Qurum beach in the eastern district of Abu Dhabi. Prominently situated along the Eastern Ring Road, the buildings will act as landmarks to the gateway of the city.
A paramount consideration for the proposed design was to set new standards of environmental responsibility which are entirely consistent with the Governments aspirations to become a global leader in this area.
Our concept for the Abu Dhabi Investment Council headquarters was generated from a mathematically pre-rationalised form which was in turn derived from Islamic principles” said Aedas Joint Managing Director, Peter Oborn. “A key feature of the design is the application of a diaphanous screen that envelopes the most exposed aspect of the building in the form of a dynamic ‘Mashrabiya’, opening and closing in response to the sun’s path, significantly reducing the solar heat gain and providing a more comfortable internal environment.
Aedas’ in-house Research & Development Group worked in collaboration with the Aedas architectural team to develop advanced methods of computational design that have resulted in the practice’s unique, mathematically-derived solution for the tower buildings. The buildings’ crystalline, honeycombed structure is based on an underlying geometric pattern that has resulted in highly efficient load paths and a structural solution that is stable, flexible and economical.
Landscaped external spaces including a palm reserve and water features link the two towers via elegant pedestrian pathways. The elevations of the building are punctuated by three sky gardens arranged on the upper levels of the towers, further reducing the solar heat gain on the most exposed elevation.
Planned development for the project will transform a total site area of 11,500sq m. with a unique architectural design that will meet the aspirations of the client and the city of Abu Dhabi.
“We are delighted to have been selected as architects for this project and to be given the opportunity produce an exemplar of sustainability for such a prestigious client.” said Peter Oborn, Project Director and joint Managing Director at Aedas.
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| | Θέμα: Strata Tower 20.02.09 20:51 | |
| Strata Tower
Forty-storey, luxury residential building in Abu Dhabi.
The Strata Tower is scheduled for completion in 2011 and, at a height of 160 meters, will be the tallest building in Aldar Properties PJSC's prestigious Al Raha Beach development.
Designed by architects Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture of Asymptote, has broken ground on Al Raha Beach and is now under construction.
The landmark Strata Tower is designed to signify a dignified and important future for Abu Dhabi and the region.
As a signature architectural statement, the Strata Tower’s articulate, striking physical presence
seeks to encapsulate meaning through the use of abstract form drawn from both local cultural landscapes and motifs
and dynamic forces of global influence.
The Strata Tower’s design utilizes primarily mathematical means in its design to achieve both a poetic,
as well as highly pertinent, architecture for the UAE, a region in flux with ambitions for continued rapid growth.
The Strata Tower’s innovative form was created using state-of-the-art, advanced parametric modeling tools and techniques from the onset of the design process to the production phase.
The building’s design emerged from various influences and factors including economies of production and fabrication with special consideration given to environmental sustainability.
Sophisticated computer modeling and tools were utilized to produce the building’s intelligent, environmentally responsive louver system that is held in a unique, cantilevered exoskeleton structure.
The exoskeleton veils the entire tower in a shimmering curvilinear form set against Abu Dhabi’s surrounding desert and sea, embracing and reflecting the ever-changing light and atmospheres that enfold and contain it.
As architecture the Strata Tower resists being an overt, singular gesture reliant on a set meaning or association. Rather, the mathematical properties used, not unlike those in the manifestation of the arabesque or abstract calligraphy, give the building its supreme elegance, prominence and potential for meaning and significance. | |
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| | Θέμα: ADIA Headquarters 20.02.09 21:50 | |
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| | Θέμα: Απ: Abu Dhabi : Architecture 04.05.10 12:15 | |
| Capital Gate Tower is
Four Times as Crooked as the Leaning Tower of Pisa If you thought the Leaning Tower of Pisa was messed up, get a load of the Capital Gate tower currently being constructed in Abu Dhabi. Actually, saying it is "messed up" is incorrect given that the 18 degree westward incline was completely intentional. In fact, the project's architects have submitted a joint application to the Guinness Book of Records to recognize the tower as the 'most inclined in the world.' In order to support the awkward angle of the 35-story structure, the design called for a foundation of extremely dense reinforced steel mesh and 490 piles sunk nearly 100 feet into the ground. We can only wonder how many slaves will die or get injured building that. [World Architecture News via The Design Blog] 525-foot tall tower that leans 18 degrees to the west, 14 degrees more than the Tower of Pisa. And unlike many of these spectacular projects, this one is actually well underway in Abu Dhabi  The building—which will house a 5-star Hyatt hotel—can lean this much thanks to its steel exoskeleton and 490 piles drilled 100 feet into the ground, designed to compensate for gravity, wind, and seismic pressures caused by its peculiar shape. I wonder who is compensating for all the gravity, wind, and seismic economic pressures generated by all this crazy developments in the desert. ]ArchDaily] | |
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| | Θέμα: Απ: Abu Dhabi : Architecture 04.11.10 18:02 | |
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