Louvre Abu Dhabi презентация

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It is a project founded on a major symbol of Arab architecture: the dome. But here, with its evident shift from tradition, the dome is a modern proposal.
A double dome 180 meters in diameter, offering horizontal, perfectly radiating geometry, a randomly perforated woven material, providing shade punctuated by bursts of sun. The dome gleams in the Abu Dhabi sunshine. At night, this protected landscape is an oasis of light under a starry dome.
The Louvre Abu Dhabi becomes the final destination of an urban promenade, a garden on the coast, a cool haven, a shelter of light during the day and evening, it is aesthetic consistent with its role as a sanctuary for the most precious works of art.
By Jean Novel

What is the surface area?
How much time did it take to build?
That used in construction?

Surface area 97,000 m2
Its construction consists of a double steel shell, which is attached to 85 prefabricated elements. The distance between the upper and lower layers is 5 meters.
The dome holds only four pillars. Because of this, it looks almost weightless despite the fact that it consists of several layers of steel. In order for the complex to withstand this weight, a special foundation was required: it consists of a number of steel piles and high-strength concrete, which is not affected by salt water.
The work was adopted in 2009 until November 11, 2017

"The white dome is one of the eternal forms"
The dome became a reference to traditional forms not only in form, but also in content: all eight layers of the roof consist of patterned star ornaments that are repeated 7850 times. Light flows through them, forming different patterns depending on the time of day and year. Nouvel explains: in the Arab culture it is quite natural to see the world in the light streaming through the carved window lattice - marshabia.
In the game of light and shadow, both Arabic culture and Nuvel's personal handwriting - "rain of light" he used in the lacy skyscraper Burj Doha, the Qatar museum, installations at the Venice Biennale and other projects were embodied in the play of light and shadow.
The dome is one of the most ancient architectural elements that has been known to people since prehistoric times. It is of great importance for Muslim architecture and for this reason found its place in the structure of the Louvre. Nouvel did not make it kipelno-white - he picked up the shade in such a way that in a few years the building acquired a sand tint and even closer to the local architecture.`

The average temperature in Abu Dhabi is + 20-25 ° C. The dome protects visitors from the scorching sun and al
lows you to move comfortably between the corps of the Louvre. However, it does not block the way to daylight: if the rays usually penetrate the dome from the sides, through the oculus or the lucarne (narrow dormer windows), then they penetrate the complex system of lattice ornaments and form a "rain of light."
The shadow from the dome not only improves the microclimate, but also increases the energy efficiency of each of the 55 buildings of the complex: they spend less energy for cooling. Some museum buildings are separated by water canals - proximity to water also helps to regulate the microclimate.

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