Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center

Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center

Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center, the highest tensile structure in the world
General information
Status Complete
Location Astana, Kazakhstan
Coordinates 51°7′56″N 71°24′14″E / 51.13222°N 71.40389°E / 51.13222; 71.40389Coordinates: 51°7′56″N 71°24′14″E / 51.13222°N 71.40389°E / 51.13222; 71.40389
Construction started December 2006
Completed July 2010
Opening 5 July 2010
Cost US$400,000,000
Owner Sembol Construction[1]
Height
Roof 150 m (490 ft)
Technical details
Floor area 100,000 m2 (1,100,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect Foster and Partners
Engineer

Selami Gürel[1]

Vector Foiltec (climate shell)
Structural engineer Buro Happold

Khan Shatyr ("Royal Marquee") is a giant transparent tent in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. Built in a distinctively neofuturist style, the architectural project was unveiled by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on December 9, 2006.

The 150m-high (500 ft) tent has a 200m elliptical base covering 140,000 square metres (14 ha; 35 acres).[2] Underneath the tent, an area larger than 10 football stadiums, is an urban-scale internal park, shopping and entertainment venue with squares and cobbled streets, a boating river, shopping centre, minigolf and indoor beach resort. The fabric roof is constructed from ETFE-cushions provided by Vector Foiltec suspended on a network of cables strung from a central spire. The transparent material allows sunlight through which, in conjunction with the stack effect, air heating and cooling systems, is designed to maintain an internal temperature between 15–30 °C (59–86 °F) in the main space and 19–24 °C (66–75 °F) in the retail units, while outside the temperature varies between −35 and 35 °C (−31 and 95 °F) across the year.

Khan Shatyr at night

Following the construction of the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation (opened in 2006), a giant glass pyramid, the Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center was the second national project in Astana designed by UK architect Norman Foster (of Foster and Partners), (Partners in Charge Filo Russo and Peter Ridley), and UK engineers Buro Happold led by Mike Cook.[3] Construction documentation architects were Linea and Gultekin.[2] The construction of the tent-city was the responsibility of the Turkish company Sembol.

After a series of delays, the main mast was eventually erected in December 2008, and the whole complex was completed and opened on July 5, 2010, 70th birthday of Kazakhstan's president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Andrea Bocelli gave a concert for the occasion,[4][5] with guests including the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev; the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych; the President of Turkey, Abdullah Gül; the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko; the President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan; the President of Tajikistan, Emomalii Rahmon; the President of Kyrgyzstan, Roza Otunbayeva; the Crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; and the King of Jordan, Abdullah II.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Lane, Thomas (16 July 2010). "Kazakhstan: Building the world's largest tent". Building (magazine).
  2. 1 2 Foster and Partners page on the project
  3. ↑ Buro Happold Press Release
  4. ↑ Andrea Bocelli books gig in Kazakhstan, United Press International, June 15, 2010 article.
  5. ↑ Opening of “Khan Shatyr” Trade Entertainment Center, Official Astana website - June 25, 2010.
  6. ↑ Giant indoor park opened for Kazakh president's birthday, The Daily Telegraph, July 5, 2010 article.
  7. ↑ Astana Press Release July 5, 2010, Official Astana website - July 5, 2010.

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