Strata Tower in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates by Asymptote architecture

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As a signature architectural statement, the Strata Tower’s articulate, striking physical presence seeks to encapsulate meaning through the use of abstract form drawn from both local cultural landscapes and motifs and dynamic forces of global influence. The Strata Tower’s design utilizes primarily mathematical means in its design to achieve both a poetic, as well as highly pertinent, architecture for the UAE, a region in flux with ambitions for continued rapid growth.

Evening View

• Architect: Asymptote architecture – Hani Rashid + Lise Anne Couture
• Name of Project: Strata Tower
• Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Client: Aldar Properties PJSC
• Size: 53,357 sq. m.
• Date of Commencement: 2006
• Expected date of Completion: TBD

Exterior View

Consultants:

• Structural and MEP Engineer: ARUP, New York
• Façade Consultant: Front Inc., New York
• Building Information Modeling (BIM) Consultant: Gehry Technologies, Los Angeles & New York
• Environmental Designers: Atelier Ten, New York & London

Exterior View

The Strata Tower’s innovative form was created using state-of-the-art, advanced parametric modeling tools and techniques from the onset of the design process to the production phase. The building’s design emerged from various influences and factors including economies of production and fabrication with special consideration given to environmental sustainability.

Exterior View

Sophisticated computer modeling and tools were utilized to produce the building’s intelligent, environmentally responsive louver system that is held in a unique, cantilevered exoskeleton structure. The exoskeleton veils the entire tower in a shimmering curvilinear form set against Abu Dhabi’s surrounding desert and sea, embracing and reflecting the ever-changing light and atmospheres that enfold and contain it.

Exterior View

As architecture the Strata Tower resists being an overt, singular gesture reliant on a set meaning or association. Rather, the mathematical properties used, not unlike those in the manifestation of the arabesque or abstract calligraphy, give the building its supreme elegance, prominence and potential for meaning and significance.

Exterior View

Exterior View

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Tags: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Category: Tower

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