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Nearing completion Asymptote Architecture The Yas Hotel Abu Dhabi, UAE

Hani Rashid

Image courtesy The Yas Hotel – Abu Dhabi/Asymptote

The Yas Hotel is one of the main architectural features of the ambitious Yas Marina development and accompanying Formula 1 raceway circuit, also near completion. Asymptote envisioned an architectural landmark embodying various key influences and inspirations ranging from the aesthetics and forms associated with speed, movement and spectacle, to the artistry and geometries forming the basis of ancient Islamic art and craft traditions.

Image courtesy The Yas Hotel – Abu Dhabi/Asymptote

Image courtesy The Yas Hotel – Abu Dhabi/Asymptote

Of architectural and engineering significance is the main feature of the project’s design, 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.

Image courtesy The Yas Hotel – Abu Dhabi/Asymptote

Image courtesy The Yas Hotel – Abu Dhabi/Asymptote

Image courtesy The Yas Hotel – Abu Dhabi/Asymptote

Image courtesy The Yas Hotel – Abu Dhabi/Asymptote

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.

Image courtesy The Yas Hotel – Abu Dhabi/Asymptote

Image courtesy The Yas Hotel – Abu Dhabi/Asymptote

The architecture as a whole “performs” as both an environmentally responsive solution and as an architecture of spectacle and event. The entire jewel-like composition of the project responds visually and tectonically to its environment to create a distinct and powerful sense of place as well as a breathtaking backdrop to the Formula 1 and other events that the building will celebrate.

Image courtesy The Yas Hotel – Abu Dhabi/Asymptote

From: http://www.arcspace.com/