Building the Louvre Abu Dhabi
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Jean Nouvel’s Louvre Abu Dhabi is the cornerstone of a new $27BN cultural district on Saadiyat Island. For more by The B1M subscribe now - ow.ly/GxW7y
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This building is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to. Thanks for sharing how this is built.
These illustrations are generous with the lush green landscapes.
Chris Freeman well, they wanted to spend billions on dragging a massive iceberg from Antarctica,I believe, resplendent with penguins (despite them coming from the Arctic, north pole) so they could have an oasis.
seriaas.
it's on here, look it up,ice from a preserved landscape,animals not exactly built for heat, and the culture of everywhere else.
money can't buy a lot of things, though most irate comments are sounding like sulking tantrums,that it can.
clearly,that's proof it can't.
they should invest in their own culture,né.
Sprokie Meisie except of course penguins are a Southern Hemisphere phenomenon.
Chris Freeman
ja, you're right, I got them mixed up with polar bears.
mixed up north & south hemispheres, like the hemispheres in my bipolar brain.
anyhoo, the other video on here shows them, an artist's rendering, of them using a fleet of tugboats going at 14knots per hour, dragging a gigantic iceberg, no, glacier, with polar bears _and!_ penguins on it .
seriously, and this would serve to create a lush green area, despite the fact that neither animals are suited to desert life, nor each other.
the thing would end in bloodshed before they even got the first 14 knots.
"jesus wept", etc.
@@sprokiemeisie981 they didn't drag an iceberg over there because that is hardly possible
I was thinking that, I went in 2017 for a small transfer and the only area you really see greenery is in and around the roads and on roundabouts, nevertheless I’m sure the new area will look amazing!
The interior lighting effect caused by the dome is quite simply the most beautiful and spectacular building lighting I've ever seen. Check it out at 4:37 in the video. Simply stunning.
adamndirtyape he also did same thing institutes of arab world in paris its influenced by arabo-moorish architecture
Inside the museum your react is like: “WOW! “ . one of the best architecture i have ever been !
I remember seeing this in a magazine almost a decade ago, then I kind of forgot about it. Never thought it was actually meant to be built.
it looks like a bunker, love the dome, but really looks out of place with random boxes jutting out
It sits in an unresolved way on what's below.
It'd be way better if the tops of the buildings were clean, but they're covered in equipment and crap. Ruins the look from above.
These ruins are going to be pretty cool in 80 years when they're under water
how is this comment sad, funny, and true all at the same time
GeoPlayer123 Very true
aite, hottest diving spot
Ocean is expected to rise about 15cm at the end of the century. I highly doubt it would be enough to get those buildings submurged
They're celebrating their national connection to the sea! Didn't you hear the man?
The museum is kinda like a plate's perspective on spaghetti.
Underrated asf
Whats french for speghetti?
@@fransiscozip1459 "What's French 4/ speghetti?"
Chainette?
Mom's Spaghetti
I’m an architect and for me looks like that they put so much time and energy to try to create the doom that the architect team forgot to design the rest of the building because they ran of time and let the construction company put the walls randomly, this building make no sense!!
Wow everyone in the comments seems really down on this. I'm just like, "God damn those are cool buildings."
Jordan Sullivan i'm not a fan of the gulf states but i like the french architect for keeping in mind cultural themes and history of the arab architecture dome, geometry, light and water represent islamic garden
Jordan Sullivan he said on interview he can't design same buildings in both Europe and arab world cuz they are very different i like him
A lot of people in this comments section are even less informed about art history than the Arab billionaires who funded this, but consider themselves more cultured because their skin is the "cultured color". And they want to make sure we all know that.
Absolutely true, i've personally been there, and the feeling when you stand inside the louvre abu dhabi and you look up to the ceiling and all the sun beams are coming through the roof... Its just such an awesome experience to be there! To me it doesnt matter if this building is an museum, or just some place to hang out. (Although the museum is also awesome, they tried to create an really interesting mix of exhibits from all over the world and put them in contrast to each other. I doubt that any of the people heavily criticising this in the comments have even been there! :/
@@Xezlec true, pathetic really
Having been there it is a stunning building and a great start for the museum area.
I think it is a graceful building, one the kind where a visitor leaves baffled
Looks great imitating the canopy found in nature. But these new Middle East pop up cities should focus more on creating eco systems for human beings instead of just fancy architecture and sky scrapers for rich tourists to gawk at. Cities require modes of transportation, supermarkets, education, cultural venues, and with advances in vertical farming increasingly locally grown produce.
Art Curious actually the great scholar ibn khaldun thinks 'imran' building is the source of civilization
Art Curious also the french architect design with cultural themes of the arabs dome geometry light for me this is like a modern building with arab architecture
I don't get it. How are they missing the things you've mentioned exactly?
@@OFfic3R1K nothing she's just hateing
Final Countdown She does have a point though. When you go to cities like Dubai or Abu Dhabi there is a distinct lack of... well free things to do. Like when you go to most major European cities for example, you can just spend the day walking around, enjoying the sites and culture. You really can’t do that in the UAE, it’s scorching hot so being outside in general is unbearable, and even if you have a car a lot of the things you do you need to pay for. It just one of those things that is nice on paper but once you get there you want to leave.
These just give me an actual reason to visit abu dhabi. Sold.
The dome is dope, but with those boxes it's incredibly disgusting design
The building itself is an art piece, designed to house other pieces of art. Marvelous inception.
Completely agree - it won our top 10 construction projects of 2017: www.theb1m.com/article/top-10-construction-projects-completed-in-2017
Just like the newly built parts of the city of Abu Dhabi, it just lacks personality. It almost looks like as if the government is playing a city builder video game like sims city with endless money and therefore places monuments randomly around the city. Everything there just looks so artificial...
Museums usually employ lightbulbs to properly illuminate their artifacts in an otherwise dark environment. This sunbeam effect looks like some short of different "artistic" approach. In a way I perceive the exhibition not being about the artifacts themselves but rather about the artifacts in this particular environment.
they should build a museum for slave labour n oil
pretty much every modern country was build on those.... and its never talked about really.... why start telling ppl the truth?! diktaorships are soo much more cost effective for those in power!
I was there and is incredible when you go out look up and see the dome it looks like a starship
This is just freaking gorgeous. Negative comments must be written by people with NO taste! I hope the building is a super success!
this all island looks like it should be in an open world video game, and each museum will have a boss!
Great idea! Lets put a bunch of priceless artwork in a building floating in the middle of the harbour
You mean copies of...
Are the artifacts going to be of local history? That would be very limited, like a few boats.
I had the opportunity to tour this in Feb 2018. Impressive to say the least.
Incredible!
The future has a huge fantastic bright side.
Honestly I think it's beautiful
Amazing what can be accomplished when you pay less the $1 per hour for slave labour...
Martin Sophroniisccus
They actually get paid much more than that, and that's why they choose to work here. No one is forcing them to stay.
You can quit your bullshittery now.
Čhøpìñ
And our historic things from the Babylonian, ancient Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Akkadian, Phoenician, and ancient Arabian eras are in your museums, in a count pf hundreds of thousands.
Maybe you cultureless swines should return what you’ve stole.
Your museums will be empty, because you won’t have anything to show other than the shit that was left after WW1/2, and some of the things that you miraculously managed to invent/creat after the renaissance.
Huub Huijbens no it doesn't.
One Sand storm is enough to fill all the perforated layers
abdul latif khan HOLY SHIT I DIDN’T THINK ABOUT THAT!
@@danielwhyatt3278 you guys are idiots if you think that the architects didn't think of this 🤦♂️
@@danielwhyatt3278 It will create more work for foreign companies to get more money. Probably it's in the maintenance contract that it should be maintained constantly by a French associate of the architect.
a grain of sand cannot fill a meter wide hole - you are an idiot
@@rjp801 Have you ever seen a sandstorm?
WOW. kind of speechless. Did I hear "a full size mock-up on location?" stunning. Thanks for the video
I was there in March 2018. Impressive is the understatement. Well done in all aspects. Those who are knocking it should check it out before poopooing it
Nice 😍😍😍
I love the buildings. I just hope when they are sunken under the water that, directions on how to do archeological research is written on the walls. A space ship tree top with light and sacred geometry is very impressive !!
OMG this is Amazing.
Love to see the voice from BBC
That was breathtaking
I don't like the U.A.E. at all, but I can still be appreciate this brilliant architectural art no matter where it's built.
The legacy of Louvre Abu Dabhi is completely extraordinary
The cost of the Louve is grossly understated. Put it much, much closer to a half a billion dollars.
It a spectacular building and something that Abu Dhabi should be rightly proud of. These people that say you can’t buy culture, what a load of rubbish, all the museums in the world didn’t magically appear, and half the stuff in the British museum was acquired from the rest of the world. As for style, you don’t think that all architecture does steal the best parts of other cultures.
There seems to either be a jealousy or patronising trend to most of the comments. Different cultures have risen and fallen throughout the history of the world, we should calibrate that the UAE is bring culture to the masses and not imposed an imperial view of the world, as the US, English and France have in their time.
One final thing, I find it surprising the narrator refers to the Persian Gulf when it should the Arabian Gulf.
The Louvre Abu Dhabi looks awesome. I saw it from a distance before it opened. A sad aspect of Saadiyat Island and other areas near Abu Dhabi is the destruction of the mangroves to make way for new construction. Water is the natural element Arabia has the least of, yet they are destroying their share of it.
That sea water not drinkable water, mangrove grows in salty water.
I am from Dubai but I personally like Abu Dhabi as they keep a lot of their nature..If you compare Dubai and Abu Dhabi you realize how there are a lot of parks,Tress and mangrove forests there :)
Your claims are stupid because:
1. There were no mangroves destroyed whatsoever during the construction, it was an empty pile of sand.
2. Humans cant drink sea water you du** f*ck.
To all the hate comments. Sure, culture can't be bought with money, yes these millions of dollars could have been spent on other thing, and yes the money suppliers aren't the best... But I think it's simply preposterous to call this a complete waste of money only befitting the wealthiest of the wealthy. If these oil diggers and investors hadn't spent money on this, a architectural masterpiece, what would they spend it on, more oil? Corporate schemes?
Can we appreciate the sheer mastermind that went into such a building? If not for works like these what will future architects have to look at for reference? It it my personal opinion that this money was, while not the best spent, at least spent well.
yuki1014 001 agree
They are so irresponsible with the oil wealth of the people... It's so tacky and wasteful...
And in the end they have better life than Americans lol
MYK they really don’t though
Jentul Jay they actually invest the money in infrastructure and tourism to generate more money and outlive the oil boom
arabs are tacky and wasteful
Wow... it's awesome...but what about in rainfall....water will go inside....
Phenomenal group of Master pieces.
I think it will be nicknamed "the microphone"
Pourquoi vous parlez uniquement de Jean Nouvel alors que le plus gros travail hyper-compliqué est fait par les ingenieurs.
That's different, and looks like it would be an interesting sight to see with all the beams of sunlight filtering through. Some of those architecture designs seem a bit too bizarre to me though, I'm looking at you Guggenheim Outpost building, but I think that national museum of the UAE looks pretty sharp. It kind of reminds me of the Sydney Opera House in Australia.
please I have a work in english but i so really bad, what kind of video is it? please answer in english
Amazing
0:52 when youre out of ideas
It's difficult to understand Gehry's work, believe me. He is more authentic than anyone else.
The local culture will never allow the featuring of most western art which includes a lot of Judeo/Christain themes and plenty of nudes. I expect the art displayed will be 'safe' and as white washed as the rest of the UAE. Such a colossal waste of money.
Tim lynch i saw some naked butts here and there from some statues and paintings
You guys are so biased. Do they exibit and champion other cultures and art works in countries u r from? There is always censorship by governments.
Judéo-chrétienne lmao that's a middle eastern religion and they have in Paris painting of arab chrétienté
Institute of arab world in paris had 2000 years artifacts of the christian from middle east
Uzair Anwar - Yes, of course they do.
This is beautiful but sandstorms.
It would be cool if Abu Dhabi would invest in and allow the locals to have large traditional markets. After all the vast majority of people travel to experience different cultures and not for architecture.
architecture is one of the most important aspects of culture. architecture gives shapes to people;s culture and lifestyle and give context to the artifacts. otherwise a statue is just a carved stone. its presence in a large architectural space provide us with its context.
Magnifique édification et nous pouvons être fiers du savoir faire de nos architectes, Jean Nouvel en tête du hit parade. Pour votre information tout est présenté en 3 langues à l'intérieur du musée. Arabe, anglais et français... what else?
Why bother when the whole region would be too hot for human habitation in 50 to 100 year? Waste of money and design. Culture can’t be bought and these buildings in the middle of nowhere are not useful for anyone.
Enticingmay They just have stolen European Culture cuz it's the most interessant and beautiful in the world of Art.
air conditioned?
if that's your mentality, then frankly why build literally ANYTHING, in 50 to 100 years, the cold will become hot and the hot will become hotter, so no trees, no animals to be sustained, no forests, no resources for humans to consume or use, etc. But we look at the world and everyone wants to build new projects, so what now we stop? we don't build anything? we don't progress civilization? ofcourse not. Also, This place you call "nowhere" is just like NYC, LA, Paris, or whatever city that you consider is of relevance, was also once "nowhere", no one is going to stop because they are nowhere, or because it will be so hot, human nature is to progress and grow, find solutions for the current and future problems just like we did through history, mistakes will be made, all around the world, but that's just gonna make us crave progress even more
I love you B1M
Masterpiece in the making 🙏🏾💯
Sani Sadiq nayaya Piece of shit! You've stolen all our masterspieces !! These are Europeans Masterpieces, they belong to US ! They must stay in Paris, not in a retarded country !! It's outrageous, how can they give things like that ! They've given painting of NAPOLEON, DA VINCI, SCULPTURES ! It belongs to European ! This is our culture !! not yours!! Stay in your world! We don't want to be combined with people like you argh...
Čhøpìñ ur racist
Rayaan ريان bruh he didn’t personally steal them lol.
Wait a minute. Full size mockup? Now this is the first time I'd actually use the term mind blown.
let me blow your mind even more:
YOU didnt use the term!...B1M did ^^
I am feel vere proud i curently work here💖
i really like the fact that the uae spent so much on culture! they‘re investing huge amounts on artworks from famous painters, it‘s great that you can visit museums while there instead of just lavish activities
WHAT HAPPENS DURING EXTREME RAIN?
Extreme rain in Arabia?
We don't have rain here, we think rain is a myth.
I don't think they get extreme rain... yet
@@mohdalyase9274 Is it true though that the air in the Emirates is extremely humid in the Summer?
@@dimitristsekeris1821 yeah like 90% humidity in summer . You can check yesterday weather in uae i believe it was 89% humidity.
It looks beautiful but calling it Louvre is just cheap.
The dome is a nice folly; what is underneath is UGLY. Totally impractical .
fuldk I came to the comment section looking for this!
@@luisvillalobos8962 Thanks
same thoughts
currently it looks like an UFO landed on a ghetto.
if at least they made those buildings round , not rectangular...would much better
You've got to admire the progress of the UAE. Pretty incredible what they've been able to build in the past couple decades.
That dome looks like the senate from starwars...
What do you mean? That doesn't look like Sheev Palpatine at all. /s
That childish Star Wars visuals has spread everywhere.
THIS’S ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY!😲🤩❤️ how on earth haven’t I heard about this construction until now? I’m always trying to stay on top of this sort of thing. That interior space is absolutely amazing. I’m not a religious man, it almost looks like something that would be perceived by the gods themselves. And to think, there are so many other great marvels of architecture to be added around there as well. Including British and Japanese. No surprise really that the British design one looks the best though. The firm that designed it is quite famous in the industry. Love the fact that that one will have proper plants on it. They really need focus on these new pieces of infrastructure and architecture combining plant life as well as advanced technology. If the UAE really needs to be focusing on this more if they want to try and prevent an impact on the environment from there absolutely massive construction growth that’s been happening over the past three decades, plus to make sure they have enough of a backup plan once all their oil runs out and they have no choice but to switch to renewables.
People are getting confused.. the 27 billion isnt for this building alone. Its for all the museums, buildings, hotels. Its for the entire new district that this project is in.
All those buildings are very ugly though
Just like your mom
You're just another snowflake that can't handle criticism
That makes no sense. You're not even criticizing, Ma1dere. You're criticizing those buildings.
Imagine what historian (perhaps alien historian) will make of this place.
@@farn1991 Probably like, wtf is this shit? What was the fucking point? Lmao
Islamic architecture are very beautiful...it's as if it came out of heaven
I wish they would do designs like this in the U.K
Just wait, give this a couple of years and it will be the O2 Abu Dhabi 🤣
the interior is so overwhelming
What happens when it rains?
These sorts of developments throighout the middle east makes me feel a bit sad. Super expensive projects designed by Western architects/designers, engineered by Asian engineering companies and built by expat laborers. Middle eastern countries keep dreaming of diversifying their economies away from depending on oil money. Teach your people to work. At the end of the day your people are your future. I grew up in the middle east and have fond memories
Stupid question: how is the inside protected from rain? And how are they going to clean the outside of the dome, or does this type of buildings need no cleaning?
Chicago Chinatown welcome B1M
I'm afraid the reality of rising water levels will quickly bring trouble to this buildings and the others built on the sea
Is there ever any concerns as to the source of $$ or political/social implications of the Buildings developers/owners?
Source = oil
political = none, it's run by a king that's not going anywhere
the building looks amazing...but storing art in the middle of the sea?
Been there, saw it. Was very quiet.
Oh...wonderful
What if it rains???
?????
Wtf
The Indians get wet
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!
Why isn't america building any beautiful buildings like this ?!?!??!! Ugh.....all our new building are ugly
The Oculus is pretty impressive though?? www.theb1m.com/video/time-lapse-captures-construction-of-the-oculus
Your government prefers spending such money on killing my people.
Lance Burley because your mouny go to the army
Čhøpìñ
American money goes to terrorist on our lands.
My money goes to people who fight these terrorists.
Čhøpìñ
Yeah, yeah!
Saudi Arabian government funds terrorists who want the royal Saudi family to be dead...
Turkish government funds terrorists who want to control over the pipelines that are fueling Turkey with oil from Iraq and Syria...
The U.S and some European countries do not want to sell weapons to these terrorists because they don’t wunna make any profit...
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Hahahaha, you are a joke. No wonder why the Zionists enslaved you easily. You are a bunch of sheep with few wise leaders who keep everything stable by bowing down to their Zionist deity...
God damn pathetic!
The Russian and Iranian trolls arrived, spreading hatred. All those bitter comments. This building looks absolutely amazing. Hope it will be a success.
interesting project I liked
What is the use of building these and attracting tourists while the UAE economy is crumbling down
The UAE economy is definitely the least likely to collapse of the gulf states. The international appeal of Dubai and the diversified economy (they spent a lot of the oil profits on stocks and investments).
And besides, it's pretty well known construction work is one of the best way to drive an economy.
These buildings attract tourism which contributes to the economy of the UAE..It’s pretty simple
I didn’t visit it yet but initially it feels like a huge waste of energy!!! And it lacks harmony!!
you are a total waste
This is the Alien artchitect !!! Brillant Architect !!!
This seems to be excellent
Dear Channel The B1M, I'm interested in the melody on the background... who is this Artist and which his name?
Good idea to put art at sea leave with a rising sea
Thanks
What do they do when it rains?!?!?
Why?
Why not?
To diversify their economy.
They should've built the museum somewhere central. The people can get to. Not in a island where it takes long to get to. And also should of built it like the emirate palace
its cool but how will they clean it?
Here's a huge iconic dome that will be placed on top and then there is no relation to it and the small building units that make up the structure. The dome's function is quite minimal and is such an expensive element that it is essentially useless in the design and is more of an "art piece" of the museum and seems nothing more than the government doing something impressive with money to show off. The dome itself, when you see it taken off, seems randomly placed on top of the buildings below and doesn't even cover all of them with space below this massively expensive feature being under utilized. The buildings below it don't follow any sort of grid or layout that would reflect a city and seem like pieces that were dropped in Revit with a few random ones rotated. The weakest point of this project is that they try to create the "City feel". This might work if it was within the context of a city, but it is placed out into the water with no connection to a city context, in a city with a rigidly defined grid system and organized master plan. This building takes the notion that a cultural center, especially one that will be as prestigious enough to hold some of the world's greatest arts, and destroys it by creating this tacky fake city context that frankly, looks like a Vietnamese fishing village with the way it sits on the water rather than drawing from UAE type layouts. The fact that all the walls are whitewashed as well is a huge opportunity missed to experiment with many great materials, especially with the wealth involved in this project and compared to the plethora of materials exhibited in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Having this building placed even within a 50 mile radius of great works from Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, and Norman Foster, yet alone a few blocks away, make it look like a mismatch of ideas sloppily thrown into one building on a site where it doesn't follow the context, and makes Abu Dhabi look second rate to Dubai. I will however say there are some really interesting forms within the building, and the light created by this dome is phenomenal; the dome is really well done and does a great job reflecting Islamic patterns and as a call back to the Louvre. This dome and deriving a building based around it following its radial geometry, could have been an extremely impressive building, with an elegant combination of materials and textures that are heightened by the light that permeates this dome and creates a cultural linkage to Paris and Abu Dhabi and symbolize a progression in urban fabric and building technology that Abu Dhabi has adopted and contrast it to the old city of Paris and how art has shifted along with architecture. But instead it looks like a poor riverside village lacking color, signs of human life, and ALL character with a dome randomly thrown over just because, you know, they could.
Not a fan then?
It has its good parts and bad parts. I'll give Nouvel a C on this review.
Actually i like the french architect he keep in mind history and culture of the arabs in his design like dome with geometry and light that's reflect arab architecture
Water like islamic gardens he knows what he's doing
What kind of meterial is that for dome ?
looks awesome.
none of the planned building actually respond to the local culture and geography
What do you mean? The dome of this building comes from classic Arabic architecture.
wong nigel the dome represents the sun light coming from palm trees 🌴 educate yourself
Listen in 4:24
You’re welcome!
reference to "a" traditional city, if I am a local that wouldn't be good enough for me
Yousef Al-A'ssaf يوسف العساف baghdad or damascus, NOT the Arabian Peninsula
it seems there is an egocentric architectural design contest going on in the UAE, interesting but
could the money be better spent perhaps!? the world needs food and forests and care of nature to nurture humans and animals not more costly buildings
We can't grow food here naturally, or have a forest, only animals that can't stand living in this region is will adapt to heat and lack of water, for a human to live here like in europe for example you need ACs every were which will cause more damage to earth.
it all looks to me like a pathetic display of arrogance and bad taste.
@Mustafa we already have Disneyland.
You forgot to mention that it is built by allmost slaves from asia/india/middle east under the worst conditions for like 2$ per hour.
great job on keeping labor costs down...