Datuin, Gabrielle Mhelan J.

HW #1
AR543 - Evaluation of Architectural Design TTh 4:30PM – 6:00PM

BURJ KHALIFA tower from side to side and could even

“World’s Tallest Building” damage the building.
Dubai, U.A.E.  Due to the high humidity of the Persian
INTRODUCTION Gulf, which can sometimes reach as high
Burj Khalifa is a mixed-use skyscraper as 98 per cent for many months of the
located in Dubai, U.A.E. which holds the title ‘’world’s year, water condensation can be
problematic when building skyscrapers
tallest building” with a total height of 828 meters. It was
such as the Burj Khalifa.
built to house a variety of commercial, residential, and  High performance glazing with a low
hospitality ventures. It was designed by the Chicago- emissivity glass provides the tower with
based architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. enhanced thermal protection against the
Adrian Smith served as architect, and William F. Baker high temperatures experienced in Dubai.
served as structural engineer. (Between 35°C – 45°C from April to
October)
RELIGION
GEOGRAPHICAL
Location: 1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid  There were influences on the design of
Boulevard, Dubai, United Arab Emirates both interior and exterior of the building.
(Downtown Dubai) This includes minarets and desert
flowers. In Muslims, minaret is a
 2.1 miles away from the sea
component of typical Mosques.
 Surrounded by luxury hotels, a wealth
of entertainment options, must-see
HISTORICAL
shopping destinations, few residential
 Dubai, for being famously known as the
apartment buildings and villas
entertainment capital of the Middle East
which attracts many party lovers from all
GEOLOGICAL
over the world, especially those who are
Dubai, U.A.E.: Geotechnical Conditions
wealthy enough to splash out on the most
 Relatively low-lying with near-surface
expensive places in the city.
geology dominated by deposits of
 The design of the building was also
Quaternary to late Pleistocene age,
inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1956
including mobile Aeolian dune sands,
plans for the Illinois Sky-City in Chicago.
evaporite deposits and marine sands.
 Seismically active area.
SOCIAL & POLITICAL
 Weak soil of the construction site.
 In an interview with Mahi Golchin-
 Medium dense to very loose granular Depala, who owns one apartment in the
silty sands (Marine Deposits) underlain 98th floor of the Burj Khalifa, stated the
by successions of very weak to weak following
sandstone with very weakly cemented
 It takes two elevator to get
sand, fine grained sandstone/siltstone,
home.
weak to moderately weak
 Royalty hangs out in the
conglomerate/calcisiltite
building
CLIMATIC
 Egyptians designs are also quite popular
 Specially designed to conquer the wind,
in the building. Not to mention thenumber
a goal that becomes more and more
of Egyptians immigrant working and
important as altitude increases.
living in Dubai. That is why there are
 The odd-looking design deflects the wind
many Egyptian flowers inside and
around the structure and prevents it from
outside the building.
forming organized whirlpools of air
current, or vortices, that would rock the

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