Yas Island yacht club unveiled

By Orlando Crowcroft  www.constructionweekonline.com

A new yacht club on Yas Island has been unveiled by architecture firm Omiros One Archiecture.

The Yacht club on Yas Island

The Abu Dhabi development is the firm’s first in the Middle East, and will host guests at the F1 event at Yas Island later this year.

The 5-star yacht club includes restaurants, bars and function rooms and a 45m observation tower. The grand foyer is anchored by a winding staircase that leads to a glass apex some 15m above ground level.

Curves are used widely in both the design of the building and the landscaped areas, to reflect the marine environment and the bows of the yachts that are expected to use the adjacent marina.

Omiros’s principal and founder Omiros Emmanouilides described the design as: “a composition of dynamic and fluid forms that link the buildings to the nautical theme, the heritage of the location and the new F1 character of Yas Island. The Yacht Club is designed to excite, inspire and strengthen the concept that is Yas.”

The construction of the Yas Marina Circuit completed in October 2009 and Yas Island and Abu Dhabi are currently gearing up to play host to the inaugural F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this November.