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Friday, 21 August 2015
Dubai To Build Underwater Tennis Court
Dubai is no stranger to unusual tennis courts. In 2005, a court
was built atop the 1,000-foot-tall Burj al Arab hotel to promote the
Dubai Tennis Championships. And now an architect from Poland has
proposed another strange court—one beneath the sea.
Krysztof Kotala, who
studied at London’s Royal Institute of British Architects, Poland’s
Krakow Polytechnic, and Germany’s the Münster University of Applied
Sciences, has envisioned an underwater tennis complex that could be
built just offshore in the Persian Gulf, between the Burj al Arab and
the Palm Jumeirah islands.
Part sports arena and part aquarium, the eccentric concept for
the seven-court complex calls for a rooftop coral reef, which would
bring an abundance of sea life to the area for spectators (and players)
to view. It would also create the illusion of a natural atoll.
Bringing such a plan to reality would require overcoming some
formidable engineering challenges, including creating a single piece of
glass large enough to cover the structure and strong enough to withstand
the pressure of the water. Should developers ever decide to tackle this
project, Kotala thinks the arena would be the perfect spot for a fifth
Grand Slam.
Source: Architectural Digest
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