Aldar Hq Abudabi
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23
abr
2009
Hotel Helix, un paraíso ecológico en Abu Dhabi
2
Escrito por Elena Espadas en Casas, Otros
Los Emiratos Árabes se están convirtiendo en una referencia en cuanto al diseño arquitectónico en todo el mundo y las jóvenes promesas de la arquitectura viajan allí buscando la gloria de un proyecto que les confiera prestigio entodo el mundo, como lo van a ser los creadores de este espectacular Hotel Helix, en la bahía de Zayed de Abud Dhabi.
En esta ocasión ha sido el estudio de arquitectura Leesser Architects y el que ha creado un proyecto que es imposible obviar a primera vista. Se trata de una estructura formada por decenas de anillos superpuestos de forma irregular que parece vayan a desmoronarse, pero su formano responde sólo a una necesidad estética, sino también ecológica.
Helix Hotel
LEESER ARCHITECTURE WINS DESIGN COMPETITION
FOR FIVE-STAR HOTEL IN ZAYED BAY, ABU DHABI
Iconic design and state of the art technology create dynamic mini-city in the UAE
New York – Leeser Architecture, an internationally recognized design firm, has won a invited competition for a five-star luxury hotel in theZayed Bay in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Called the Helix Hotel for its staggered floor plates, it rests in the bay, partially floating in the water and adjacent to the serpentine Sheik Zayed Bridge currently under construction by designer Zaha Hadid. With the Helix, Leeser Architecture has devised a new way to consider hotel culture in the Emirates, highlighting elements that are usually unseen, andplayfully enlivening those parts that traditionally remain static and mundane.
The commission was the result of an invited competition held by Al Qudra Real Estate in partnership with QP International, both local Abu Dhabi holdings groups with projects featured across the UAE. Zayed Bay will be a comprehensive development built along a new road, and the site will include office buildings as well ascondominiums and retail along the water. The Helix is the centerpiece of this new development: http://qpinternational.com/flash/projects.php?mstart=92
With 208 guest rooms and suites arranged around a helical floor, the hotel immediately dispenses with the idea that visitors must engage in the stale paradigms of rigid hallways and atria that characterize a typical hotel stay. The floor constantlyshifts in width and pitch as it rises to the top floor, keeping public spaces always in flux. No two rooms positioned across from each other have exact views to the other side, already pulling the visitor out of the pedestrian and into the hotel’s uniquely urban world. As the helix winds upward, programmatic elements change from lounges and restaurants on the bay, to meeting rooms and conferencefacilities, to lounges and cafes, to the luxury indoor-outdoor health spa on the fifth floor, to, finally, the upper pool deck on the roof. The running track on the fifth floor represents the only moment when the ramping ceases and a flat surface prevails – a sleight of hand on the architect’s part, and an unexpected luxury that fit vacationers can enjoy in the cooler months.
Conceptually, theHelix Hotel participates in a critical dialogue between opulence and urbanness, between the variety of services offered by a small city and the demands of a five-star hotel guest. The floor suggests the curves a winding street would take through a bustling town, and many programmatic elements are open to views from across the central void. Though the void seems to offer unmitigated visibility, thereare enclaves for private meetings and guest privacy. It is designed so that one activity feeds into the next rather than affecting sharp separations between each activity. In this way it develops a feeling of being free to whimsically experience all aspects of the hotel without having to decide on an agenda in advance.
On the luxury side of vacation culture, there are playful elements that...
23
abr
2009
Hotel Helix, un paraíso ecológico en Abu Dhabi
2
Escrito por Elena Espadas en Casas, Otros
Los Emiratos Árabes se están convirtiendo en una referencia en cuanto al diseño arquitectónico en todo el mundo y las jóvenes promesas de la arquitectura viajan allí buscando la gloria de un proyecto que les confiera prestigio entodo el mundo, como lo van a ser los creadores de este espectacular Hotel Helix, en la bahía de Zayed de Abud Dhabi.
En esta ocasión ha sido el estudio de arquitectura Leesser Architects y el que ha creado un proyecto que es imposible obviar a primera vista. Se trata de una estructura formada por decenas de anillos superpuestos de forma irregular que parece vayan a desmoronarse, pero su formano responde sólo a una necesidad estética, sino también ecológica.
Helix Hotel
LEESER ARCHITECTURE WINS DESIGN COMPETITION
FOR FIVE-STAR HOTEL IN ZAYED BAY, ABU DHABI
Iconic design and state of the art technology create dynamic mini-city in the UAE
New York – Leeser Architecture, an internationally recognized design firm, has won a invited competition for a five-star luxury hotel in theZayed Bay in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Called the Helix Hotel for its staggered floor plates, it rests in the bay, partially floating in the water and adjacent to the serpentine Sheik Zayed Bridge currently under construction by designer Zaha Hadid. With the Helix, Leeser Architecture has devised a new way to consider hotel culture in the Emirates, highlighting elements that are usually unseen, andplayfully enlivening those parts that traditionally remain static and mundane.
The commission was the result of an invited competition held by Al Qudra Real Estate in partnership with QP International, both local Abu Dhabi holdings groups with projects featured across the UAE. Zayed Bay will be a comprehensive development built along a new road, and the site will include office buildings as well ascondominiums and retail along the water. The Helix is the centerpiece of this new development: http://qpinternational.com/flash/projects.php?mstart=92
With 208 guest rooms and suites arranged around a helical floor, the hotel immediately dispenses with the idea that visitors must engage in the stale paradigms of rigid hallways and atria that characterize a typical hotel stay. The floor constantlyshifts in width and pitch as it rises to the top floor, keeping public spaces always in flux. No two rooms positioned across from each other have exact views to the other side, already pulling the visitor out of the pedestrian and into the hotel’s uniquely urban world. As the helix winds upward, programmatic elements change from lounges and restaurants on the bay, to meeting rooms and conferencefacilities, to lounges and cafes, to the luxury indoor-outdoor health spa on the fifth floor, to, finally, the upper pool deck on the roof. The running track on the fifth floor represents the only moment when the ramping ceases and a flat surface prevails – a sleight of hand on the architect’s part, and an unexpected luxury that fit vacationers can enjoy in the cooler months.
Conceptually, theHelix Hotel participates in a critical dialogue between opulence and urbanness, between the variety of services offered by a small city and the demands of a five-star hotel guest. The floor suggests the curves a winding street would take through a bustling town, and many programmatic elements are open to views from across the central void. Though the void seems to offer unmitigated visibility, thereare enclaves for private meetings and guest privacy. It is designed so that one activity feeds into the next rather than affecting sharp separations between each activity. In this way it develops a feeling of being free to whimsically experience all aspects of the hotel without having to decide on an agenda in advance.
On the luxury side of vacation culture, there are playful elements that...
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