That UFO-like building
we wrote about on Crane Country the other week
turns out to be otherworldly after all. Check out these pictures from inside.
Jean Nouvel, along with the dozens of engineers behind the ambitious
Louvre Abu Dhabi, have built this place as a sort "light lab". The domed roof of the Louvre will have thousands upon thousands of holes in it in the shape of various patterns that will throw shards of light on the galleries, waterways and floors of the museum.
Photo caption:
Jean Nouvel and Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan inside the "light lab". Galen Clarke / The NationalAlso, in case you were afraid of the impact of rain on the Louvre, Emirates Business 24/7 has
some details about a transparent film that will protect it from tropical storms, snow, hail, and other types of downpours.
The roof of the "light lab" can rotate around to mimic different conditions and angles of the roof. This section is 1/110th the size of the actual 180 metre roof. There will be two five-layer sections that will only let in about 3 per cent of the light that hits the roof.
More pictures after the jump ...
Photo caption: Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, left, with Jean Nouvel, right, inside the light lab on Saadiyat Island. Below: They inspect a 1/33 scale model of the dome. Galen Clarke / The National
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