Museum of the Future – Dubai, UAE
Building: Museum of the Future
Address: Sheikh Zayed Rd – Trade Centre – Trade Centre 2 – Dubai – United Arab Emirates
Design Architect: Shaun Killa, Killa Design
Executive Architect: Killa Design
Structural Engineer: Tobias Bauly, Buro Happold
MEP Engineer: Marko Ruljanovic
General Contractor: Bam Higgs & Hill, BAM International for the Dubai Future Foundation
Civil Engineer: Danjie Flores
Facade Engineer: Affan Innovative Structures
Calligrapher: Emirati artist Matar Bin Lahej
Steel Structure contractor: Danem Engineering Works
Structural Steel fabricator: Eversendai Engineering
Completion: February 22, 2022
Program: Museum, exhibition space, promotion of technological innovations
Floors: 7 Floors, 6 exhibit floors, 1 administrative floor, above a 3 story podium
Height: 252 ft.
Area: 17000 m2
LEED: Platinum Rating
Facade: Arabic Poem by Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al.
AE Interests: Columnless interior | Parametric Design and BIM | Steel framework known as diagrid aka diagonally intersecting beams | lightweight facade instead of steel or concrete shell | reinforced concrete ring beam and tower to support diagrid | 1024 total unique fiberglass panels | passive solar architecture | fire retardant glass and carbon fiber reinforced epoxy prepreg | 2400 steel members | Designed through Rhino, AutoCAD, Tekla BIM, CATIA | Double Helix Fire stairs
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