Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Center
Project objectives
The innovative building design is completed by a corresponding engineering design, an integrated and alternative energy supply concept as well as building system automation and IT infrastructure design.
Project data
Usage: Exhibition area, theatre/cinema, café, office area; Peak visitor numbers: 2,750 pax per hour; Usable Area: 7,500 m², one interconnected space; Investment: 50 million EUR
Project content
Within the master plan for the Al Ain Zoo, the Visitor Centre (Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Centre – SZDLC) will be the first building to be developed. Furthermore, the master plan comprises a safari area, hotels, a shopping centre and residential areas.
Project specifics
The Centre is located in the Arabian Desert. The aim was to achieve the highest building certification levels available for LEED TM (Platinum) and the local reference System Estidama (5 Pearls), and so emphasis was also put on the building physics design of the building.
Services
CES (formerly iC CES) was responsible for the overall building services engineering design, the development of the integrated and alternative energy supply plan (incl. solar cooling) as well as of building system automation and IT infrastructure design. Furthermore CES supported the general planner in developing an innovative building design.
Location
United Arab Emirates