On Tuesday, Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum officially opened its ‘Museum Of The Future’ to the public. Labelled as the ‘Most beautiful building’ on the earth by the emirate’s ruler, the building took 9 years of design and construction to complete. The museum is a seven-storeyed hollow silver ellipse embellished with Arabic calligraphy quotes from the Dubai ruler. Thousands of metres of LED lights take pride in place on Sheikh Zayed Road, the city’s main highway, which is a short distance to the iconic Burj Khalifa Skyscraper – the world’s tallest building.
The unique design and the structure of the building
The museum has a sprawling seven-storeyed circular building standing at 77 metres and is spread across 30,000 square metres. Basically, it’s a silver ring-shaped building with a hollow at its centre. The building is designed by architect Shaun Killa of Killa Design. It contains 1024 pieces of art manufactured using robots to create a demanding shape.
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The building is the future vision of Dubai’s ruler
According to the organisers of the museum, the museum contents are yet to be revealed, it will exhibit design and technology, taking visitors on a ‘journey to the year 2071.’ Further, the museum consists of a wide variety of exhibitions dedicated to the future and workshops for testing and developing emerging technology.
The chairman of Dubai Future Foundation, Mohammed Al Gergawi said, “The Museum Of Future is a ‘living museum,’ consistently adapting and metamorphosing as its very environment drives continual and iterative change to its exhibits and attractions.”