Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Center
Zaha Hadid designed this organic gem for The Tourism Development and Investment Company of Abu Dhabi (TDIC). The 62,770 square meter Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Center will house a music hall, concert hall, opera house, drama theater, and a flexible theater with a combined seating capacity of 6,300. It will be ten storeys high, with four underground, and have a long, sloping bridge, like the stem of a leaf. Branching algorithms and growth-simulation processes were used to develop the concept and design of the center. The branches, stems, fruit, and leaves of the biological analogy used are transformed into the architectural design.
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Comment by Haroon Shaikh on September 15, 2010 at 4:51am -
ya...christina its pyrex glass very tough and high resistant
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Comment by christina on September 15, 2010 at 3:40am -
i think its a special type of glass !? .. so beautiful
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Comment by Haroon Shaikh on September 3, 2010 at 6:16pm
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Good work zaha..but I think you could bring more than that for UAE capital...
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Comment by MD. Mahamudur Rahman Khan Papon on August 22, 2010 at 7:42pm -
Nice..............
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Comment by Donal on August 20, 2010 at 3:07pm -
Nice......but, all that glass in the roof in Abu Dhabi....anyone ever ask if it might be too hot inside in the summer? In other words....is there an environmentally friendly method of keeping the building cool?
Still.....beautiful design.
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