عملاق دبي

!!...عملاق دبي...!!!

قريبا اكبر صنم في العالم

لوين بدك توصلي يا دبي

((لا نريد ما لم يستطيع أحد القيام به... بل نريد ما لم يفكر به أحد))

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  الله يستر وما تكبر المسالة

al hakawati (the storyteller) zaabeel park, dubai

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the thyssenkrupp elevator award was a competition which asked architects to develop 

an iconic tall emblem structure for zaabeel park in dubai .

for their proposal visiondivision designed a statue based around al hakawati -  a storyteller, 

whose profession that goes way back in ancient arabic times and still is performed in the 

arabic world today.  the statue will be a home of stories; a children’s library in its base 

and various spaces for performance and reading inside of the statue.

in every part of the park, small speakers will be set up so people can gather around them 

and listen to the statue when he recites stories; perhaps great legends from one thousand 

and one night, historical anecdotes from the city itself and future speculations, all this 

performed with an animated body language.

al hakawati (the storyteller) zaabeel park, dubai

image courtesy visiondivision

al hakawati (the storyteller) zaabeel park, dubai

image courtesy visiondivision

al hakawati (the storyteller) zaabeel park, dubai

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the statue

the walls in the base are stairs on the outside which leads to the platform where the 

storyteller begins to rise. windows punctuates various stairs for a bright indoor environment 

without any direct sunlight. the statue also has big rooms inside of it for reading,relaxing 

and other social activities. each big room has its own theme, be it a gold room, a crystal 

cavern, a green room or a room full of fish tanks, or the night views of dubai .

al hakawati (the storyteller)   - diagram of elevator sections

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technical aspects

the statue can move its arms and head; this demands an articulate joint between the elevators 

and the floors on these critical points. the joints are similar in function to those seen in joint 

buses, and will guarantee an uninterrupted movement inside of the statue, even if he slightly 

tilts his head.

the arms and head movement is controlled by computers and can mimic a prerecording of 

an actor for example. the rigid parts of the statue are made out of a steel frame structure with 

a cover of sheets of steel. the movable parts must be flexible, thus a material like rubber 

or silicon with a coating that mimic the glossiness of the steel is preferable.

al hakawati (the storyteller) - library floor plan

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al hakawati (the storyteller) zaabeel park, dubai

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al hakawati (the storyteller) zaabeel park, dubai

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gold the me room in the eyeball of al hakawati (the storyteller)

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