Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center
| Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center | |
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| File:Day Image of Khan Shatyr.jpg Day time computer render of Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center the highest Tensile structure in the World | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Location | Astana, Kazakhstan |
| Coordinates | 51°7′56″N 71°24′14″E / 51.13222°N 71.40389°E |
| Estimated completion | July 2010 |
| Opening | 5th July 2010 |
| Cost | US$ 400,000,000 |
| Owner | Sembol Construction |
| Height | |
| Roof | 150 m |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 100,000 m² |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Foster and Partners |
| Engineer | Buro Happold |
Khan Shatyry ("Royal Marquee") is a giant transparent tent in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. The architectural project was unveiled by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on 9 December 2006.
The 150m-high (500 ft) tent has a 200m elliptical base covering 140,000 square meters.[1] Underneath the tent, an area larger than 10 football stadiums, will be 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 roof is constructed from ETFE suspended on a network of cables strung from a central spire. The transparent material allows sunlight through which, in conjunction with air heating and cooling systems is designed to maintain an internal temperature between 15-30°C in the main space and 19-24°C in the retail units, while outside the temperature varies between -35 to +35°C across the year.
After the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation (2006), a giant glass pyramid in Astana, this is the second national project 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[2] Construction documentation architects are Linea and Gultekin[1] The construction of the tent-city is the responsibility of the Turkish company Sembol.
After long delays, the main mast was erected in December 2008, and was opened July 5, 2010, on the occasion of Kazakhstan's president, Nursultan Nazarbayev's 70th birthday. Andrea Bocelli gave a concert for the occasion,[3][4] 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.[5][6]
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Interior View of Khan Shatyr
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Khan Shatyr Residences
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Night render of Khan Shatyry Entertainment Center
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Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center Grand Opening
References
- ^ a b Foster and Partners page on the project
- ^ Buro Happold Press Release
- ^ Andrea Bocelli books gig in Kazakhstan, United Press International, June 15, 2010 article.
- ^ Opening of “Khan Shatyr” Trade Entertainment Center, Official Astana website - June 25, 2010.
- ^ Giant indoor park opened for Kazakh president's birthday, The Daily Telegraph, July 5, 2010 article.
- ^ Astana Press Release July 5, 2010, Official Astana website - July 5, 2010.
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