Etihad Museum

Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner

ETIHAD MUSEUM

Moriyama & Teshima

PHOTOGRAPHS
Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner

CATEGORY
Museum

LOCATION
Dubai - United Arab Emirates

PROJECT YEAR
2016

AREA
25000.0 m2

ARCHITECTS
Moriyama & Teshima

Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner
Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner

Text description provided by architect.

Located next to the historic Union House on the Dubai waterfront, the Union Museum honors the 1971 signing of the document that created the United Arab Emirates and celebrates the rich culture and history of its people.

Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner
Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner

Much of the museum is underground, including permanent and temporary galleries, theatres, event spaces and archival facilities.

The dramatic entrance pavilion rests lightly upon a reflecting pool and plaza, its undulating parabolic curves representing the parchment upon which the unification agreement was written and its tapering golden columns representing the pens with which the document was signed.

Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner
Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner

The travertine plaza seamlessly migrates into the pavilion, where space flows across terraced viewing platforms and through the delicate latticework of bronze Jali screens.

Lightwells of varying shapes and sizes illuminate the expansive underground spaces, which in turn lead to the circular Union House.

Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner
Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner

The location of the signing ceremony, and the re-created Guest House where the leaders of the seven member emirates resided during negotiations.

The surrounding landscape treatment includes the re-establishment of the original 1971 shoreline of Jumeirah Beach, which is represented by a reflecting pool and sandy beachfront.

Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner


Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner
Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner
Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner
Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner
Etihad Museum
© Architekturfotograf Berlin Felix Loechner


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