National Museum of Qatar
The new national museum of Qatar is currently being built in the country's capital Doha, designed by architect Jean Nouveland. This museum located on a 1.5 million-square-foot site and is expected to complete in 2019.
It will be formed from a pile of interlocking disks of various dimensions made from steel clad in glass-reinforced concrete. According to the architect, the building is meant to represent both the country's desert location alongside the sea.
"Everything in this museum works to make the visitor feel the desert and the sea," said Jean Nouvel in a statement. "The museum’s architecture and structure symbolize the mysteries of the desert's concretions and crystallizations, suggesting the interlocking pattern of the blade-like petals of the desert rose."
Along with permanent and temporary exhibition galleries, the museum will contain a 220-seat auditorium, 70-seat forum, restaurant, two cafes, shop and facilities for the storage and conservation of its collection.
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