Architecture Insights: Abu Dhabi''s Pineapple Buildings
The shading system, which looks like a curtain wall, is positioned on an independent frame, two meters away from the building''s exterior on a separate frame. Each
Al Bahar Towers, designed by Aedas in Abu Dhabi, features a responsive facade inspired by the traditional Islamic mashrabiya to reduce solar gain and glare in the region's extreme climate.
To address this, Aedas Architects designed a responsive facade for Abu Dhabi's Al Bahar Towers, drawing inspiration from the mashrabiya, a traditional Islamic lattice shading device. Completed in June 2012, the 145-meter towers feature a Mashrabiya-inspired shading system, developed by Aedas' computational design team.
It is built on a lofty premise – to be the world's most sustainable eco-city. Conceptualised by renewable energy company Masdar and funded by the Abu Dhabi government, the city has been billed as a carbon-neutral urban centre fuelled by green power.
ABSTRACT: This paper presents the Al Bahr Towers recently completed in Abu Dhabi. It describes the control solar heat gain and optimise daylight within the buildings. The paper reports the studies carried out to mitigate the risks inherent in implementing a novel shading system in a large building project.
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