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Zayed National Museum
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Foster + Partners
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DESCRIZIONE
 
General background
Zayed National Museum Abu Dhabi Foster + PartnersThe museum is intended to be a monument and memorial to the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding president of the United Arab Emirates.

Five principal galleries and three further spaces will contain exhibitions devoted to the story of the Sheikh Zayed, the history of the UAE and falconry and conservation.

The Museum also will incorporate an education centre, theatre, shops, café, VIP areas, members’ lounges and performance spaces.
Form and Layout
Zayed National Museum Abu Dhabi Foster + PartnersThe towers are lightweight steel structures, sculpted aerodynamically to work like the feathers of a bird’s wing.

Inside this structure, the gallery spaces are constructed as pods, which will be suspended above visitors passing through the ground floor lobby.

The lobby will be part of an elevated mound that also incorporates a gallery dedicated to the life of Sheikh Zayed, a pavilion for special exhibitions and a falconry centre with live displays.
Landscape
The building will be surrounded by layered planting inspired by an oasis, connecting the Museum to the coast by a garden and a shaded pedestrian route.
Access
Zayed National Museum Abu Dhabi Foster + PartnersEntrance to the Museum is either via an urban connection to the Cultural District or through the garden promenade. The former access is comprised of a bridge and a narrow walkway that widens inside the Museum.

VIP access is via a garden approach, designed to create a sense of arrival for guests and provide access for vehicles.
Saadiyat Island
Saadiyat Island is located 500 metres off the coast of Abu Dhabi and is the largest single mixed-use development in the Arabian Gulf.

Arranged as seven districts, the Saadiyat Island Cultural District will also include the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Museum, the Louvre Abu Dhabi, as well as a Performing Arts Center and Maritime Museum.

The Zayed National Museum is already under construction and will be the first of the museums proposed for the island.
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MATERIALI
 
acciaio, cemento armato

Steel wing forms

Concrete lobby structure – local sand from Saadiyat Island is used to mimic the colour tones of the surrounding natural landscape.

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ECOSOSTENIBILITA'
 
Zayed National Museum Au Dhabi Foster + PartnersThe galleries are placed at the bases of five solar thermal towers. The towers heat up and act as thermal chimneys to draw cooling air currents naturally through the museum.

Fresh air is captured at low level and drawn through buried ground-cooling pipes and then released into the museum’s lobby.

The heat at the top of the towers works to draw the air up vertically through the galleries due to the thermal stack effect.

Air vents open at the top of the wing-shaped towers taking advantage of the negative pressure on the lee of the wing profile to draw the hot air out.

The lightweight steel structures are anchored by a top-lit central lobby, which is dug into the earth to exploit its thermal properties.

A double skin, comprising an outer façade exposed to the elements and an inner skin that encloses the galleries, promotes air flow between the exhibition and circulation spaces, further reducing the energy required.
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LOCALIZZAZIONE
 
Continente
Asia
Nazione
Emirati Arabi Uniti [Al-Imarat al-'Arabiya al Muttahida]
Emirato
Abu-Dhabi [Abū Ẓabī]
Città
Abu-Dhabi [Abū Ẓabī]
Isola
Saadiyat Island
 
 
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MAPPA
 
 
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TIPOLOGIA
 
Principale
ARCHITETTURA
Musei ed edifici per esposizioni
Musei etnografici
Musei specializzati

ARCHITETTURA DEL PAESAGGIO ED AMBIENTI NATURALI
Architettura del paesaggio
Giardini pubblici
Accessoria
ARCHITETTURA
Edifici per l'insegnamento
Centri e scuole per la formazione
Edifici commerciali
Negozi
Bar, caffetterie
Edifici per attività ricreative
Auditorium e centri per la musica
Teatri
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CRONOLOGIA
 
Progetto
2007 - 2010    
Realizzazione
2016 - 2020
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COMMITTENTE
 
 
Tourism Development & Investment Company, Abu Dhabi
His Excellency Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan (Chairman)
Mubarak Hamad Al Muhairi (Managing Director)
Lee Tabler (CEO)
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DATI
DIMENSIONALI
 
Superficie
site mq. 53.331
interna lorda mq. 58.698
totale costruita mq. 66.042
spazi totali gallerie mq. 5.764
giardini pubblici mq. 21.439
Altezza
m. 100
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STRUTTURISTA
 
 
WSP Group
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ARCHITETTURA DEL PAESAGGIO
 
 
Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl
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STAFF
 
Progetto
Foster + Partners
Gruppo di progettazione
Norman Foster, David Nelson, Gerard Evenden, Toby Blunt, Martin Castle, Ross Palmer, Dara Towhidi, Karsten Vollmer
Collaboratori
Barrie Cheng, Ho Ling Cheung, Sidonie Immler, Joern Herrmann, Andrew King, Gemma Owen, Jillian Salter, Marilu Sicoli, Daniel Weiss, Bram Van Der Wal, Simon Wing
Architetto locale
Planar
Masterplan
TDIC Master Planners
Gestione dell'opera
AECOM
Progetto illuminazione
Claude Engle
Consulente facciate
Lerch Bates
Aerodinamica e resistenza agli agenti atmosferici
RWDI
Consulente per energia e ambiente
Transsolar
Consulente teatrale
Shen Milsom + Wilke
(Auditorium)
Pianificazione trasporti
Intelligent Space
Consulente museografico
The British Museum
Capitolati e contratti
Schumann Smith
Controllo costi
RLB
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PROGETTI CORRELATI
 
 
Saadiyat Island, Cultural District, UAE, United Arab Emirates
 
 
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