General Information
| Completion: | 2009 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
Location
| Location: |
Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
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| Connects to: |
The Yas Hotel Link Bridge (2009)
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| Coordinates: | 24° 28' 1.87" N 54° 36' 21.55" E |
| Coordinates: | 24° 28' 2.30" N 54° 36' 24.91" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | max. 44 m | |
| height | max. 35 m | |
| length | max. 217 m | |
| roof | covered area | ca. 17 000 m² |
Quantities
| structural steel | ca. 2100 t |
Notes
Yas Hotel is a five star signature hotel next to the Formula 1 racetrack on Yas Island. The iconic glazed veil visually connects two buildings located on both sides of the racetrack. Its structural system is a grid shell that consists of the triangulated mega structure and the quadrangular grid. The free flowing grid shell is structurally one piece without any expansion joints and is supported vertically by 10 V-shaped columns. Due to its size and extreme temperature changes, the grid shell must be able to slide under temperature movements. Therefore eight out of ten supports are able to slide in one direction, with the other two acting as fixed supports. Wind loads are transferred to the concrete hotel structure by horizontal struts. It is covered by 5.800 pivoting diamond-shaped glass panels and features LED lighting at each node that allow for programmed lighting and image sequences over the whole surface.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2011): Speed and Grace. In: Civil Engineering Magazine, v. 81, n. 2 (February 2011), pp. 54-79.
- (2009): Yas Island Marina-Hotel - Pole Position in Abu Dhabi. In: Stahlbau, v. 78, n. 10 (October 2009), pp. 758-763.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20056756 - Published on:
12/06/2010 - Last updated on:
17/05/2015
