Masdar Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company - Headquarters

Planned by Sir Norman Foster, Masdar is a new city developed within Abu Dhabi to demonstrate a zero net energy, waste, and carbon urban environment. The Headquarters building is the heart of the city; eleven daylighted wind cones are the heart of the headquarters.

Pivotal collaborated closely with AS+GG architects to analyze and refine facades and building structures to maximize available daylight utilization while minimizing glare and solar heat gain.

A combination of daylight, task ambient lighting strategies, the latest light source technologies, and deliberate design for human vision result in a high quality visual environment with a connected lighting load of approximately 6 watts per square meter. Advanced lighting controls will serve to minimize operational lighting load to 3-4 watts per square meter.

Location:

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Size:

1,500,000 sf

Architect:

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture LLP