Qatar national convention center

EXHIBITION CENTER,DOHA, QATAR

Architects: Arata Isoza
Year : 2011
Isozaki's early projects were influenced by European experiences with a style mixed between "New Brutalism"
and "Metabolist Architecture" but later, his style continued to evolve, and he developed a more modernistic taste Topology optimization: where to place the holes
with buildings, Isozaki's early projects were influenced by European experiences with a style mixed between
"New Brutalism" and "Metabolist Architecture" but later, his style continued to evolve, and he developed a more The engineer and educator Robert Le Ricolais known as the
modernistic taste with buildings. 'father of Spatial Structures" for his exploration of long span
Location minimal weight structures is known for his adage that "the
The Convention Center is located within the Qatar art of structure is how and where to place the holes. The
Foundation Campus, in Gharafat al Rayyan, on the advancements in digital design tools, technologies and tech-
Dukhan Highway, so it has excellent communication niques have resulted in a paradigm shift in the design and
routes with the rest of the city of Doha, including the production of the built environment. The relationship be-
new metro line that It is expected to be completed by tween architects and engineers has evolved in light of these
2022, the year of the World Cup in the Emirate. technological changes resulting in a cultural shift in practice
that has been termed 'new structuralism'
It is located next to the Qatar Science and Technol-
ogy Park, the Sidra Research and Medicine Center,
world-renowned universities and research and tech-
nology institutions. Optimizing support locations
Concept In traditional structural design processes, sup-
The conceptual design of the building incorporates in port locations of a structure are typically pre-
the main facade a huge organic tree-shaped structure scribed. A structure with improved perfor-
that symbolizes the Cider Tree. Arata Isozaki with its mance may be obtained by manually adjusting
design of giant columns that support the roof of the its support locations through a trial-anderror
building refers to Sidrat al-Muntaha, an Islamic sa- process. However, such an approach is tedious
cred tree that is believed to symbolize the end of the and time-consuming, and the results can be far
seventh heaven. from optimal.

Structure
The Convention Center is a four-story building with
a 250x115m footprint that stands on a podium and a
basement of approximately 250x110m. The structure
of the building was built upside down, starting with
the roof deck and going down to the foundations.
Fabrication technolog
“To assemble the roof 30m in the air would have cost a fortune,” he says. “We would have needed 104 support
towers.” Instead the team opted to build everything on the ground and jack it into position, which meant that
“only” 46 towers were required. Bizarrely, the foundations for the structure were built after the roof deck and
Materials trees were constructed.
Solar panels located on the roof, The building is de- Working out how to make the branches was also challenging, as creating organic shapes that curve naturally yet
signed to operate efficiently with innovations such hold up thousands of tonnes of structure is not easy. According to Brian Cole, Buro Happold’s engineer in charge
as water conservation and energy saving accessories, of the project, there was little to go on. “The architect had drawn the geometry of the branches quite crudely so
The rectangular facade of the center is made of glass part of our work was to smooth that out and process the design for all the elements of the branches.”
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