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Success Story: Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi Hotel Market Served: Hospitality Yas Viceroy, Abu Dhabi - one of the most recognised and unique hotels in the world Location: Yas Island, Abu Dhabi Segment: Hospitality Problem: Create an iconic architectural colour changing LED fixture capable of operating at extreme temperatures. Solution: Eaton’s Cooper Lighting and Safety developed a bespoke LED fixture catering for the colour spectrum and colour demands required by one of the most recognised and unique hotels in the world. Results: The stunning illuminated gridshell of the Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi hotel was unveiled at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, a fitting event symbolising technology, endurance and the passion to push the boundaries of lighting innovation. The pixelated lighting design by Asymptote, in collaboration with Arup Lighting and Eaton’s Cooper Lighting and Safety, creates a dynamic appearance at night, with colours flowing smoothly across the double curved surface. Background Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi Hotel is located within the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi. It is the first hotel in the world to be built over an F1 race circuit. The hotel, designed by Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture, principals of New York based Asymptote Architecture, consists of two twelve story hotel towers, one set within the race circuit and another placed in the Marina itself, linked together by a monocoque steel and glass bridge and gridshell structure that both cross above and over the Yas Marina Circuit F1 race track. Asymptote created and conceived of the building as an architectural landmark embodying key influences and local and global inspirations ranging from the aesthetics and forms associated with speed and spectacle, to the artistry and geometries that form the basis of ancient Islamic art and craft traditions. Challenges Of architectural and engineering significance is the main feature of the hotel’s design: a 217-meter expanse of sweeping, curvilinear glass and steel covering known as the gridshell. It features an LED lighting system incorporating video feeds that are transmitted over the 5,800 pivoting diamond-shaped colour changing LED panes. This gridshell component is a key aspect of the overall architectural design and significance of the project by producing an atmospheric-like veil visible from miles away. Solution Eaton’s Cooper Lighting and Safety designed and developed the bespoke LED fixture, which is fixed to the gridshell that caters for the colour spectrum and control demands required by Arup, Asymptote and the Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi hotel. As the glass panes on the hotel are mounted at different angles, each fixture was fitted with one of five micro-prismatic controllers to ensure accurate and even illumination across the 5,800 panes.
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Success Story: Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi HotelMarket Served:Hospitality
Yas Viceroy, Abu Dhabi - one of the most recognised and unique hotels in the world
Location:Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
Segment:Hospitality
Problem:Create an iconic architectural colour changing LED fixture capable of operating at extreme temperatures.
Solution:Eaton’s Cooper Lighting and Safety developed a bespoke LED fixture catering for the colour spectrum and colour demands required by one of the most recognised and unique hotels in the world.
Results:The stunning illuminated gridshell of the Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi hotel was unveiled at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, a fitting event symbolising technology, endurance and the passion to push the boundaries of lighting innovation.
The pixelated lighting design by Asymptote, in collaboration with Arup Lighting and Eaton’s Cooper Lighting and Safety, creates a dynamic appearance at night, with colours flowing smoothly across the double curved surface.
Background
Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi Hotel is located within the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi. It is the first hotel in the world to be built over an F1 race circuit.
The hotel, designed by Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture, principals of New York based Asymptote Architecture, consists of two twelve story hotel towers, one set within the race circuit and another placed in the Marina itself, linked together by a monocoque steel and glass bridge and gridshell structure that both cross above and over the Yas Marina Circuit F1 race track.
Asymptote created and conceived of the building as an architectural landmark embodying key influences and local and global inspirations ranging from the aesthetics and forms associated with speed and spectacle, to the artistry and geometries that form the basis of ancient Islamic art and craft traditions.
Challenges
Of architectural and engineering significance is the main feature of the hotel’s design: a 217-meter expanse of sweeping, curvilinear glass and steel covering known as the gridshell. It features an LED lighting system incorporating video feeds that are transmitted over the 5,800 pivoting diamond-shaped colour changing LED panes. This gridshell component is a key aspect of the overall architectural design and significance of the project by producing an atmospheric-like veil visible from miles away.
Solution
Eaton’s Cooper Lighting and Safety designed and developed the bespoke LED fixture, which is fixed to the gridshell that caters for the colour spectrum and control demands required by Arup, Asymptote and the Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi hotel. As the glass panes on the hotel are mounted at different angles, each fixture was fitted with one of five micro-prismatic controllers to ensure accurate and even illumination across the 5,800 panes.
Results
Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi was designed by Asymptote to become a significant and important landmark for Abu Dhabi. The pixelated lighting design by Asymptote, in collaboration with Arup Lighting and Eaton’s Cooper Lighting and Safety, creates a dynamic appearance at night, with colours flowing smoothly across the double curved surface.
The hotel embodies various key influences and inspirations ranging from the aesthetics and forms associated with speed, movement and spectacle to the artistry and geometries forming the basis of ancient Islamic art and craft traditions, a perfect union and harmonious interplay between elegance and spectacle. The search here was inspired by what one could call the ‘art’ and poetics of motor racing, specifically Formula 1, coupled with the making of a place that celebrates Abu Dhabi as a cultural and technological tour de force.
Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi Hotel
The cutting edge gridshell of the Yas Viceroy Hotel, lit by the bespoke LED fixtures of Eaton’s Cooper Lighting and Safety.
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