标题: asymptote architecture: the yas hotel, abu dhabi [打印本页] 作者: 董羽天 时间: 2010-6-16 13:03 标题: asymptote architecture: the yas hotel, abu dhabi asymptote architecture: the yas hotel, abu dhabi
the yas hotel, abu dhabi, uae 2007–2009
by asymptote: hani rashid + lise anne couture
image courtesy asymptote architecture
new york based asymptote architecture is nearing completion of their yas hotel project,
in abu dhabi, uae. the yas hotel is a 500-room, 85,000-square-meter complex which is
due to open on october 30, 2009 to coincide with the formula 1 etihad airways,
abu dhabi grand prix.
the yas hotel is part of the ambitious 36-billion-dollar yas marina development
and accompanying formula 1 raceway circuit, which is also near completion.
the main feature of the project's design is a 217-meter expanse of sweeping, curvilinear
forms constructed of steel and 5,800 pivoting diamond-shaped glass panels. this grid
shell component affords the building an architecture comprised of an atmospheric
like veil that contains two hotel towers and a link bridge constructed as a monocoque
sculpted steel object passing above the formula 1 track that makes its way through
the building complex. the grid-shell visually connects and fuses the entire complex
together while producing optical effects and spectral reflections that play against the
surrounding sky, sea and desert landscape. the architecture as a whole 'performs' as
both an environmentallyresponsive solution as well as an architecture of spectacle
and event.
the yas hotel
image courtesy asymptote architecture
project credits
lead architects -
asymptote architecture:
principals hani rashid + lise anne couture
selected consultants -
local architects:
dewan architects & engineers, abu dhabi
tilke & partners w.l.l., dubai
structural engineers:
dewan architects & engineers, abu dhabi
arup, new york
grid-shell engineers:
schlaich bergermann und partner (sbp), stuttgart
waagner-biro, vienna
mep engineer:
red engineering middle east, dubai
façade consultants:
front inc., new york
taw & partner, hamburg
grid-shell building information modeling (bim) consultant:
gehry technologies, los angeles & new york
interior architecture:
jestico + whiles, london
richardson sadeki, new york
de8 architetti, bergamo, italy
lighting consultants:
lapd lighting design, hertfordshire, uk
bartenbach lichtlabor gmbh, innsbruck, austria
red engineering middle east, dubai
arup lighting, new york
grid-shell lighting consultant:
arup lighting, new york
link bridge engineers:
arup bridge, new york
centraal staal, groningen, the netherlands
landscape design:
cracknell landscape architects, abu dhabi
