Dear All,
IStructE Regional Group Committee is inviting you to an online webinar by Mr.Christopher Wodzicki, Director, Buro Happold about "The Museum of the Future".
Occupying a prime location adjacent to the Emirates Towers, the Museum of the Future will be an expressive and dynamic landmark. The building symbolises both future progress and the regional design influence of Dubai with its use of modern materials, and Arabic poetry written by HH Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, which is represented in 3D on the facade surface. The quotations express his vision for the future of Dubai. The museum is not intended to be a repository for ancient artefacts (as the name might suggest) but an incubator of ideas, a catalyst for innovation, and a global destination for inventors and entrepreneurs. This is reflected in its unusual design. Sitting atop a landscaped three-storey podium, the gleaming torus-shaped building features a series of intricate windows which carry the 3D Arabic calligraphy.
Working alongside the architects Killa Design for the Dubai Future Foundation, Buro Happold engineers focused on key engineering disciplines including Structural engineering, Façade engineering, Building Services engineering (MEP), Civil engineering and many other specialist disciplines. We developed bespoke in-house parametric design software to model and analyse numerous options for the structure of the main museum building. This enabled us to develop a complex diagrid framework capable of mapping the torus shape and supporting the 940 stainless-steel-clad glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP) panels that form the seamless silvery facade.
This presentation will focus on the key engineering aspects of this impressive project.
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Kindly note that you will receive another email with the Zoom webinar details and link to join.
Please note that this event is available only on ZOOM platform and the seats are limited.
Thank you,
