Louvre Abu Dhabi

Outline
Jean Nouvel envisioned a "museum city" with a distributed arrangement of buildings, topped by a dome with a layered geometric pattern. The geometric patterns were studied through parametric design. The light that shines through the holes is called "rain of light," creating a pattern that resembles sunlight filtering through trees.
Location
  • United Arab Emirates
Journal
Shinkenchiku 2025:09
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Decade
2010s
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