Asymptote Architecture, Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2009. More than 5,600 diamond-shaped glazing units are integrated within the grid-shell structure and include LED lighting.
The quad pattern of supporting beams computed for the grid shell of the Yas Island Marina Hotel receives structural stability through the formation of especially strong beams arranged in a triangular macrostructure. The geometric computation and optimisation of the beam layout proceeds as follows: (top row) An initial quad mesh is refined via subdivision; part of the resulting mesh together with its diagonal mesh contains the desired triangular macrostructure and is finally optimised towards high aesthetics while staying close to the design surface and meeting a number of constraints
