A racy installation

A racy installation

A distance of 1.4km between the building's wings, 200,000m2 of flat roof in Ferrari red and an open solar control glass funnel with a diameter of more than 100m as a source of natural light at the heart of the building: Ferrari World has just recently opened its doors on Yas Island (Abu Dhabi).

Homage to the brand, core of Abu Dhabi's new Formula One track and the site of an amusement park, it is architecture on a ‘mega-scale’. The shape of the building, conceived by Benoy Architects, London, evokes associations with a Ferrari GT, the motor sport classic from the home of the Scuderia Ferrari.

Around 10,000m2 of solar control glass have been used for the central ‘funnel’ – the primary source of daylight for the monumental building. This funnel made of ipasol neutral 48/27 is additionally coated with ipachrome design, which creates a vortex-like pattern reducing the solar factor of the glazing to 15% on average.

The external facade has a mosaic structure: Ferrari-red aluminium panelling alternates with ipasol solar control glass (some of which has individual screen printing).