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PEARL CULTURAL CENTRE

ARCHITECTURE
A PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE TO REMIND US OF OUR HISTORY... SHAPE OUR
LIVES

IN THE VERY HEART OF MANAMA.. A PEARL BELIEVED TO BE FOUND ..
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Pearl cultural center is pro- oriented to the north gives ABOUT THE PROJECTS
posed at MANAMA down- a great opportunity to play PLEASE REFER TO THE
town as a part of pearl road with the glass on the main fa- AUTHOR
project. The center is dedi- cade which will attract tour-
cated to the public with its ist from different directions.
various exhibition spaces Typically, the center will con-
each define a certain period tain an auditorium which will
of time representing the his- act as an amphitheater to
tory of BAHRAIN. The overall hold many festivals and ac-
size of the project is almost tivities. Moreover, the center
four thousand meter square has outdoor facilities directly
with a basement to hold up connected to the building’s
to 50 cars at a time leaving interior spaces which will
the ground surface fully pure enhance the spatial progres-
to the natural landscaping sion of the visitors as well
which will enhance the poor as the spatial experience.
quality of the environment in One of the special elements
MANAMA. The project con- of this project is the hemi-
sists of several spaces and spherical dome right in the
functions such as permanent center of the roof to allow
and temporary exhibitions. direct sunlight to radiate to
The building geometry takes the building’s enclosure and
a form of an oyster which is to highlight the importance
essential to the pearl itself of the main staircase which
represented in the curved connects the building’s com-
roof. The building facade is ponents together.
covered with fiber reinforced
concrete to simulate the na-
ture of the project. Being