ASPIRE TOWER

SHEETAL ARYAN
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ABOUT
With the highest point 320 meters above the ground, this tower – also known as the Aspire Tower – is the tallest building in Qatar and
was the site for the Olympic Flame during the 15th Asian Games held between 1 and 15 December 2006.

To meet the aesthetic and

technical demands of the curved
architecture, Reynaers
Aluminium created solutions
based on its unitized curtain
wall system CW 86 and
transom-mullion curtain wall
system CW 50.

• Different curtain walls using stick system for various spans and heights were
designed.
• All the external curtain walls are subjected to a wind load as per the project
specification.
• Double glazed units are considered for the curtain walls.
• The building has a curved elevation on the East and West side where stick curtain
wall system is considered.
• The mullions of the curtain walls are curved member along the strong axis having
high inertia which conventionally was not possible to achieve such section with a
normal extruded Profile.
• Hence Aluminum sheets were cut in curved shapes to form the desired shape.
• The transoms are conventional extruded profile of the same depth as those of the
mullions.

UNITIZED
CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM
For the composite panels which
are only 4mm thick Aluminum
tubes 40x40x3mm are used as
The maximum glass panel is 3000mm Location : Doha, Qatar
stiffeners and are spaced at All anchors used are M12 of grade 8.8 x 1980mm for which the double glazed
600mm center to center with appropriate chemical in reinforced Architect : Hadi Seenan (AREP), Qatar
glass unit is adopted, that satisfy the
concrete having minimum embedment of strength and deflection. Client : The Sport City Project Committee
140mm.