| Crystal Island |
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| Tuesday, 29 April 2008 14:28 | ||||||
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Crystal Island is a name for one of the world's biggest building projects that has been officially granted for building in Moscow on the peninsula between Moscow River and Andropov Avenue. It will be 450m high, covering a floor area of 2.5 million square meters and near half a million square meters. The cost of building Crystal Island will sum $4 billions. This entire project was initiated by Norman Foster, founder and chairman of Foster + Partners.
Crystal Island is a name for one of the world's biggest building projects that has been officially granted for building in Moscow on the peninsula between Moscow River and Andropov Avenue. It will be 450m high, covering a floor area of 2.5 million square meters and near half a million square meters. The cost of building Crystal Island will sum $4 billions.
 The Crystal Island is not just an unusual huge building, it is a building-city. How comes? Well if you take the fact that this building will host about 3000 hotel rooms, about 900 serviced apartments, a school, exhibition spaces, theaters, retail and catering businesses, two public viewing platforms, at 150 meters and 300 meters, it's not just a building anymore. It's small city. The exterior facade will use solar responsive panels which, along with wind turbines, will generate electricity for the huge tower. Natural ventilation will be provided thanks to numerous strategically placed large atriums.
This entire project was initiated by Norman Foster, founder and chairman of Foster + Partners. Regarding the Crystal Island project, Norman Foster said: Crystal Island is one of the worlds most ambitious building projects and it represents a milestone in the 40 year history of the practice. It is the largest single building in the world, creating a year-round destination for Moscow and a sustainable, dynamic new urban quarter. It is a paradigm of compact, mixed-use, sustainable city planning, with an innovative energy strategy and smart skin which buffers against climate extremes.
Project Area: Programme: Public 360deg Top Observation Deck (at 300m level): 3000 m2 gross external area Public 360deg Main Observation Deck (150m ): 6000 m2 Serviced apartments approx. 900 units (80m to 140m): 265,000 m2 Hotel approx. 3000 keys (12m to 80m ): 245,000 m2 Offices (40m to 80m ): 75,000 m2 Retail, Catering, Entertainment (0m to 40m ): 160,000 m2 Museum and IMAX (0m to 40m ); 100,000 m2 Theatres 1500, 750, 750 seats (0m to 40m): 95,000 m2 School 500 students (0m to 40m): 4000 m2 Covered Public Space: 150,000 m2 Sub-Total Above Ground: 1,100,000 m2 Sub-Total Above 150m: 3,000 m2 Underground Parking approx. 14,000 spaces: 525,000 m2
Heights:  visit Foster + Partners web site for more detailed information about their work and future plans.
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