Bahrain World Trade Center
Manama, Bahrain

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Client: Confidential
Facility: Commercial
Features: 240m high twin office towers, shopping mall and food outlets
Size: 120,00m2 total built up area
Status: Under construction
Awards: LEAF Awards 2006 – Best use of technology within a large scheme



Bahrain World Trade Center - Description:

Atkins was appointed to provide all masterplanning architecture and structural and MEP engineering design services for the Bahrain World Trade Center site, located on the main King Faisal Highway in Manama, Bahrain. More than half its area was previously developed, and comprised the Sheraton Bahrain Hotel, an associated single-storey luxury shopping mall, an office tower, car parking facilities, services and landscaped areas.



We developed the masterplan for the extended development that rejuvenates the existing mall and hotel and provides additional 50 storey twin office towers with unobstructed views over the Arabian Gulf, a new shopping mall with anchor tenant and several food outlets.



The focal point of the development is the twin triangular shaped towers which sit above a sculpted three-story podium. Tapering to a height of 240m, each tower is visually anchored to the ground by a concertina of curved, sail-like forms, and provides 34 floors of office space and an exclusive viewing deck on the 42nd floor.



Unique to this building and rising to the challenge of incorporating renewable energy solutions within sustainable architecture, the design includes three 29m diameter wind turbines horizontally supported on bridges. The turbines are expected to produce between 11 and 15 percent of the total electrical consumption of the towers.



Many months of research, including extensive dialogue with turbine manufacturers, was conducted through the feasibility concept and design development stages of the project. Technical validation included computational fluid dynamics modelling, wind tunnel testing, vibration and acoustic assessments, electrical integration analysis and SARM analysis. Output from these was incorporated by design teams into an integrated building, bridge and turbine design. Atkins is also responsible for the supervision of construction.





The Bahrain World Trade Center is a flagship development for Bahrain, raising the profile of Manama as it projects a world first in large scale integrated wind turbine use.



Bahrain World Trade Center : Wind Turbines Technical Paper

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