The Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi

The Yas Hotel , Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, Asymptote Architecture

Completion Date: October 2009
Owner: Aldar Properties PJSC, Abu Dhabi

 

Program: A 914,932 -square-foot hotel built over a Formula 1 racetrack, including 499 rooms and suites, eight restaurants, a rooftop cabana, a business center, a spa, a gym, and two rooftop swimming pools.

Photo © Gerry O'Leary

 

Dr. EMAD H. ISMAEEL

                  Dept. of Architecture E-mail:        emadhanee@yahoo.com

                  University of Mosul

                  Mosul - Iraq

                  emadhanee@gmail.com

Web Site:   http://sites.google.com/site/emadhanee/

                  http://emadhani.blogspot.com/

Tel :           +964 (0)770 164 93 74

                 

Design concept and solution: The Asymptote team wanted to create a landmark for Yas Island that would draw on local and global influences and provide a sense of spectacle.
Two 12-story hotel towers (one set within the race circuit, the other over the marina) are linked with a monocoque steel and glass bridge that passes over the racetrack. The towers are united under a vast glass sheath. This curvilinear shell, made up of more than 5,000 diamond-shaped glazed panels, uses geometric repetition to evoke Islamic craft traditions. During the day it reflects the sky and the surroundings; at night the hotel's lighting programs take over, changing the colors of the panels through the shell's LED illumination system.