The Iconic Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi - A Engineering Marvel

🏙️ Capital Gate in Abu Dhabi is the most inclined skyscraper on the planet, leaning at almost five times more than Italy's leaning tower of Pisa.

💰 Abu Dhabi is undergoing a massive transformation to become a world-class business and tourist destination, with Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nayan investing over 200 billion dollars in the city.

🏰 Sheikh Sultan bin Takhnun Al-Nayan is spearheading the construction of an architectural icon that will position Abu Dhabi as a cultural hub and challenge the rules of architecture.

🏢 Sheikh Khalifa plans a new two billion dollar business district called the capital center.

🌍 Capital Gate is a groundbreaking skyscraper designed to put Abu Dhabi on the world map.

🔨 The construction of Capital Gate faces engineering challenges due to its gravity-defying design.

🏢 The engineers developed a ground-breaking solution to build the core of the Capital Gate building with a curve bending in the opposite direction to the building's lean, providing immense strength.

🏗️ The core is built using a technique called jump forming, where a mold closes around a steel reinforcement mesh and concrete is filled in. The core grows four meters a week and holds the whole building up.

🔩 To prevent gravity from toppling the building, a post-tensioning solution was implemented, introducing more reinforcement into the core wall and using high tensile strands that are stretched to counteract the pulling force created by the overhang.

🏢 Capital Gate in Abu Dhabi is an architectural icon with a twisting, leaning design.

🥚 The building's extreme tilt is solved using the principle of an eggshell, with a dire grid made of steel beams.

🏗️ The dire grid is assembled with millimeter accuracy by a team of expert steel fabricators using bespoke 3D software.

💡 The construction of Capital Gate in Abu Dhabi involved the use of innovative engineering techniques to create its curved glass facade.

⚙️ Ancient Greek geometry inspired the use of triangular glass panes that pivot in three directions to cover the complex contours of the building.

🚧 The construction team faced challenges in ensuring the glass panels could withstand movement and remain watertight, but with thorough testing and problem-solving, the project moved forward successfully.

🌇 In addition to its unique glass facade, the design of Capital Gate also includes plans for an infinity pool and a restaurant hanging 100 meters above the ground.

🏢 The Capital Gate building in Abu Dhabi is an engineering marvel with unique design requirements.

🏊 The building features a suspended swimming pool and restaurant, supported by delicate yet strong steel struts.

💡 The building utilizes an internal atrium and steel web structure to reduce weight and transfer loads.

🏗️ The construction team faced challenges when adding a helipad to the top of Capital Gate in Abu Dhabi.

💨 Wind shear conditions posed a serious risk for helicopters landing on the helipad.

🌬️ Lowering the helipad and redesigning it ensured safer conditions for landing and minimized wind shear threats.