The Dubai Mall’s Grand Atrium is now home to Dubai Creek Tower’s mega-replica as unveiled by Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
Made of aluminium and 3D-printed cladding elements, weighing 3,000 kg, and taking over 4,000 hours to be completed, the replica gives visitors an experience of the grand design, architecture and illumination aspects involved in the project.
Visitors can learn facts about the Dubai Creek Tower including the world records it’s set to achieve. There are a record breaking 110 km of cables – the most used in any single structure – weighing over 18,000 tonnes. Horizontally aligned, the cables would stretch from Dubai to Abu Dhabi. The tower has already set a global record for its foundation, which was recently completed with over 145 barrette piles, at a length of more than 60 metres. End-to-end, the length of the piles is over 9 km. The pile cap features over 45,000 cubic metres of concrete, equivalent to a volume of 6,700 truckloads. The tower bud which is equivalent to the height of an 80-storey building is being constructed using 12,000 tonnes of steel, while the ‘stem’ will be built using 240,000 cubic metres of concrete, equivalent to 40,000 truckloads, or equivalent to the concrete needed for a sidewalk from London to Barcelona.
Dubai Creek Tower is designed by the world-renowned architect, Santiago Calatrava and is the centrepiece of Dubai Creek Harbour. The tower is expected to be 100 metres taller than Burj Khalifa, offer 360-degree views of the city and due for completion in 2020.
