NEVER BUILT: HYDROPOLIS (220-room underwater resort)

Krazy · July 7th, 2004, 11:47 AM

PROJECT NAME: Hydropolis Hotel (Underwater)
LOCATION: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE
LANDSIDE APPROX: 30.000 ms (Gross Floor Area)
HOTEL APPROX: 75.000 ms (Gross Floor Area)
DEPTH: 20 meters belowsurface
COST: US$ 550 M
NUMBER OF SUITES: 220
OTHER DETAILS
START OF DESIGN: 2003 April
START OF CONSTRUCTION: 2004 September
END OF CONSTRUCTION: 2006 July
OPERATING FROM: 2006 December
KEY FACT: World's first under water hotel!

The design includes three linked elements: a wave-shaped 333,333-sq.-ft. (30,000-sq.-m) above-ground "land station" and the jellyfish-shaped 833,333-sq.-ft. (75,000-sq.-m.) underwater hotel, linked by a submerged transparent train tunnel that's 1,700 feet (515 meters) long.

Among the project's other unusual architectural details are the hotel's two translucent domes, which will house a concert auditorium and a ballroom that break the water's surface, with the ballroom featuring a retractable roof. And that's not to mention the hotel's

More info and photos, go to www.hydropolis.com

The Hydropolis Hotel, as this artist's rendering illustrates, will include two domes that break the water's surface, with the ballroom dome featuring a retractable roof. Rendering: Hydropolis Holding

Trances · July 8th, 2004, 06:55 PM

sweet looks great

Krazy · July 11th, 2004, 10:26 AM

Source: hydropolis.com

Landstation for the hotel:

Cross Section:

Top View:

Krazy · July 11th, 2004, 10:33 AM

Sorry for the huge photos !

Dubai_Boy · July 11th, 2004, 01:14 PM

The bigger the better

***AltinD*** · July 15th, 2004, 05:57 PM

I didn't know they have already put a board

Dubai-Lover · August 10th, 2004, 04:08 PM

on some dubai discussions in the german forum i found out that there was an article in a german newspaper which said that the construction of hydropolis will evoke environmental problems. anybody heard something about this?

***AltinD*** · August 10th, 2004, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Dubai-Lover

on some dubai discussions in the german forum i found out that there was an article in a german newspaper which said that the construction of hydropolis will evoke environmental problems. anybody heard something about this?

Everything build where it normally shouldn't will evoke enviremental problems, same is being argued for the Palm also. It only means that it would effect the enviroment but not neccesarly that it will damagge it.

It will not wipe out entire species of marine life, neither it will change the regional climate so i don't see a big deal about it.

August 11th, 2004, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Altind_Carnut

means that it would effect the enviroment but not neccesarly that it will damagge it.

It will completely destroy it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Altind_Carnut

It will not wipe out entire species of marine life, neither it will change the regional climate so i don't see a big deal about it.

I see. So dropping an atomic bomb on SZR is A-Ok, seeing as how it will neither destroy an entire species nor change the regional climate.

'Cuz that's exactly the equivalent of what's being done to the Arabian Gulf right now.

Anyhow. I should probably take my own advice and shut up about this subject...

***AltinD*** · August 11th, 2004, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by mrputter

It will completely destroy it.

I see. So dropping an atomic bomb on SZR is A-Ok, seeing as how it will neither destroy an entire species nor change the regional climate.

'Cuz that's exactly the equivalent of what's being done to the Arabian Gulf right now.

Anyhow. I should probably take my own advice and shut up about this subject...

You don't have to shut up, not if your concerns are real and not just ranting around. We are all grown up here.

Facts, facts, facts .... please

August 16th, 2004, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Altind_Carnut

Facts, facts, facts .... please

Hum. Don't have anything on me at the moment, sorry. However related material has definitely passed my desk. When I go into work tomorrow, I'll see what I can dig up...

August 11th, 2004, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Dubai-Lover

anybody heard something about this?

Yes. I work for an environmental organization (in Canada) and have heard quite a bit about it. All the crap that Dubai is building in the gulf (Palm / World / etc) is creating one of the biggest ecological disasters on the planet. Of course you'll never hear a word about this subject in the UAE. The sheikh has decided that he wants to see this nonsense through and has enough clout to exert a good deal of political pressure even on overseas critics.

I can get quite heated up on this subject and most of my views probably wouldn't be terribly popular on here

so I'll try to restrain myself...

However I will be laughing when in 20 years you'll be able to walk from Dubai straight across the brand new salt flats to Iran.

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Originally Posted by Dubai=lover

i mean there was a lot of time to check if there will be any stream problems caused by palm jumeirah that would evoke environmental problems.

Sure there was all kinds of time. But when the preliminary reports came back and indicated that the best course of action was not to build any of these projects, Shk. Maktoum figured he didn't like the sound of that and canceled all pending environmental assesments, making damn sure that those first results were never published.

***AltinD*** · August 18th, 2004, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrputter

... All the crap that Dubai is building in the gulf (Palm / World / etc) is creating one of the biggest ecological disasters on the planet.
...

However I will be laughing when in 20 years you'll be able to walk from Dubai straight across the brand new salt flats to Iran.

We are waiting for you to dig on your papers ... Ooops you already told what "will hapens". Now is time for you to say why.

3dlabz · March 16th, 2007, 05:07 PM

yes, its really wonderfull work.

Director, 3D Labz
Architectural 3D Rendering services
St.Vincent Road, Cochin - INDIA

Email : contact@3dlabz.com
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Dubai-Lover · August 10th, 2004, 07:24 PM

i also couldn't consider this as true!!! i was just wondering as a known magazine reported about this. i mean there was a lot of time to check if there will be any stream problems caused by palm jumeirah that would evoke environmental problems.

maybe they are just envious???

city of the future · August 10th, 2004, 09:20 PM

i read somewhere a long time ago that this was not going to go through and now i hear that its going to be built what is its status?

Dubai-Lover · August 10th, 2004, 10:47 PM

construction is scheduled to start in september.

Trances · August 12th, 2004, 07:29 AM

this things worry me massively as it often seems an issue where thereis rapid growth. Concerns like these are brushed aside. And it does seemodd to me that is no one rants about the down side of any project here. Or who is even sees a down side apart from market flooding and traffic. So please expand on this topic if you feel like it as i dont know much about it my self. !

Trances · August 16th, 2004, 09:35 AM

would be very intrsted in that !

Dubai-Lover · August 16th, 2004, 11:26 AM

i'd like to see facts too. i'm worried about this.

July 7th, 2004, 11:47 AM	#1
Krazy Kool Kat Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 13,625 Likes (Received): 8	NEVER BUILT: HYDROPOLIS (220-room underwater resort) PROJECT NAME: Hydropolis Hotel (Underwater) LOCATION: Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE LANDSIDE APPROX: 30.000 ms (Gross Floor Area) HOTEL APPROX: 75.000 ms (Gross Floor Area) DEPTH: 20 meters belowsurface COST: US$ 550 M NUMBER OF SUITES: 220 OTHER DETAILS START OF DESIGN: 2003 April START OF CONSTRUCTION: 2004 September END OF CONSTRUCTION: 2006 July OPERATING FROM: 2006 December KEY FACT: World's first under water hotel! The design includes three linked elements: a wave-shaped 333,333-sq.-ft. (30,000-sq.-m) above-ground "land station" and the jellyfish-shaped 833,333-sq.-ft. (75,000-sq.-m.) underwater hotel, linked by a submerged transparent train tunnel that's 1,700 feet (515 meters) long. Among the project's other unusual architectural details are the hotel's two translucent domes, which will house a concert auditorium and a ballroom that break the water's surface, with the ballroom featuring a retractable roof. And that's not to mention the hotel's More info and photos, go to www.hydropolis.com The Hydropolis Hotel, as this artist's rendering illustrates, will include two domes that break the water's surface, with the ballroom dome featuring a retractable roof. Rendering: Hydropolis Holding Last edited by Krazy; March 5th, 2005 at 03:20 AM.

July 8th, 2004, 06:55 PM	#2
Trances , , and , Fade to Black. Join Date: May 2003 Location: Living in London Posts: 7,907 Likes (Received): 5	sweet looks great __________________ "Are we ready to go farther or have we already gone to far?" “He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.”

July 11th, 2004, 01:14 PM	#5
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March 16th, 2007, 05:07 PM	#14
3dlabz Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4 Likes (Received): 0	Really Wonderful work yes, its really wonderfull work. Director, 3D Labz Architectural 3D Rendering services St.Vincent Road, Cochin - INDIA Email : contact@3dlabz.com www.3dlabz.com Last edited by 3dlabz; March 16th, 2007 at 05:09 PM. Reason: not mentioned my details

August 12th, 2004, 07:29 AM	#18
Trances , , and , Fade to Black. Join Date: May 2003 Location: Living in London Posts: 7,907 Likes (Received): 5	this things worry me massively as it often seems an issue where thereis rapid growth. Concerns like these are brushed aside. And it does seemodd to me that is no one rants about the down side of any project here. Or who is even sees a down side apart from market flooding and traffic. So please expand on this topic if you feel like it as i dont know much about it my self. ! __________________ "Are we ready to go farther or have we already gone to far?" “He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.”

July 11th, 2004, 10:26 AM	#3
Krazy Kool Kat Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 13,625 Likes (Received): 8	Source: hydropolis.com Landstation for the hotel: Cross Section: Top View:

July 11th, 2004, 10:33 AM	#4
Krazy Kool Kat Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 13,625 Likes (Received): 8	Sorry for the huge photos !

July 15th, 2004, 05:57 PM	#6
*AltinD* The Modecator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tiranë / DUBAI / Vienna Posts: 29,849 Likes (Received): 710	I didn't know they have already put a board

August 10th, 2004, 04:08 PM	#7
Dubai-Lover Construction Paradise Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dubai (UAE) \| Oehringen (GER) \| Bad Honnef (GER) Posts: 12,677 Likes (Received): 2	on some dubai discussions in the german forum i found out that there was an article in a german newspaper which said that the construction of hydropolis will evoke environmental problems. anybody heard something about this?

August 10th, 2004, 07:24 PM	#15
Dubai-Lover Construction Paradise Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dubai (UAE) \| Oehringen (GER) \| Bad Honnef (GER) Posts: 12,677 Likes (Received): 2	i also couldn't consider this as true!!! i was just wondering as a known magazine reported about this. i mean there was a lot of time to check if there will be any stream problems caused by palm jumeirah that would evoke environmental problems. maybe they are just envious???

August 10th, 2004, 09:20 PM	#16
city of the future city of the future Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 537 Likes (Received): 0	i read somewhere a long time ago that this was not going to go through and now i hear that its going to be built what is its status?

August 10th, 2004, 10:47 PM	#17
Dubai-Lover Construction Paradise Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dubai (UAE) \| Oehringen (GER) \| Bad Honnef (GER) Posts: 12,677 Likes (Received): 2	construction is scheduled to start in september.

August 16th, 2004, 09:35 AM	#19
Trances , , and , Fade to Black. Join Date: May 2003 Location: Living in London Posts: 7,907 Likes (Received): 5	would be very intrsted in that ! __________________ "Are we ready to go farther or have we already gone to far?" “He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.”

August 16th, 2004, 11:26 AM	#20
Dubai-Lover Construction Paradise Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dubai (UAE) \| Oehringen (GER) \| Bad Honnef (GER) Posts: 12,677 Likes (Received): 2	i'd like to see facts too. i'm worried about this.

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