Underwater Hotel in Dubai
The only 10 Star Hotel in the World

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• The Hydropolis Underwater Hotel and Resort, designed by Prof. Roland Dieterle will be the world's first underwater luxury resort, situated 66 feet below the surface of the Persian Gulf, just off Jumeira Beach in Dubai.
• Reinforced by concrete and steel, its Plexiglas walls and bubble-shaped dome ceilings will enable guests to see fish and other sea creatures.
• It's divided into 3 sections: the land station, where guests will be welcomed; the connecting tunnel, which will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel; and the 220 suites within the submarine leisure complex, and will cover an area of 260 hectares, about the size of London's Hyde Park.
• The noiseless train propelled by fully automated cable along a modular, self-supporting steel guideway to Hydropolis.
• Will cost an estimated £300 million
• A self-proclaimed 10-star hotel, the Underwater Hotel in Dubai will charge USD 5,000 per room per night.
• Disney corporation will bring a fully underwater production of The Little Mermaid to the lobby of the Underwater Hotel in Dubai.
  
  The lead roles would be played by world-class free divers and sophisticated animatronics are to be used for background / non-speaking characters.
• A grandiose dream, an architectural marvel, like many others, could only materialise like fanciful mirages from the desert sands of Dubai.
• This fantastic project, one amongst Sheikh Mohammed's many successful projects, exudes confidence and justifies the quote, "If you can imagine it, you can do it."
  
  With his support, around 150 firms have been formed to kick-start this phenomenal Dubai underwater hotel project.
• Humans consist of 80% water, the earth consists of 80% water; without water there is no life. This is the philosophy behind the Underwater Hotel in Dubai

• There is a direct analogy between the physiology of man and the architecture of Hydropolis. The geometrical element is a figure eight lying on its side and inscribed in a circle.
  
  The spaces created in the basin will contain function areas, such as restaurants, bars, meeting rooms and theme suites.
  
  These can be compared to the components of the human organism: the motor functions and the nervous and cardiovascular systems, with the central sinus knot representing the pulse of all life.
• The ballroom, located at the nerve centre, will have asymmetrical pathways connecting the different storeys along ramps. A large, petal-like retracting roof will enable the staging of open-sky events.
  
  Staircases, lifts and ramps will provide access to the ballroom, while flanking catering areas will supply banquets and receptions.
• The upper storeys of the land station will house a variety of facilities, including a cosmetic surgery clinic, a marine biological research laboratory and conference facilities.
• On the lower levels are the staff rooms, goods storage and loading areas, and hotel and parking areas.
• The land station also includes a restaurant and high-tech cinema screening the evolution of life in the ocean and the history of underwater architecture.
  
  As a finale, the screen will open to reveal the real-life Hydropolis. A viewing platform at the front opening of the spanning roof will allow views of the architecture as well as the light shows of Hydropolis.
• There are plans to incorporate many different elements associated with the sea. The cosmetics will be ocean-based, the cinemas will screen films that focus on aquatic themes and a children's seaworld will educate as well as entertain.
• The developers of The Underwater Hotel in Dubai expect around 3,000 visitors a day in addition to the hotel guests. The aim is to inspire people to develop a new awareness of the sea.
• Humans could actually live self-sufficiently underwater, generating energy, nurturing food supplies and so on. The Underwater Hotel in Dubai will demonstrate the importance of water in our lives.
• This will be the first ever faculty for marine architecture because the future lies in the sea, including the future of city planning. One day a whole city will be built in the sea.
• Architect and designer Joachim Hauser views his creation as a place where those who do not dive – or do not even swim – can experience the tranquillity and inspiration of the underwater world.

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