Dubai is one of the best places on Earth that you can see wonderful things in your lifetime.
The people living in Dubai seem to love their tennis courts. Because in the year 2005, the world'1 heighest tennis court was built by them on top of one thousand feet tall burl-A-Arab Hotel. And now, the city may venture beneath the sea with the amazing world’s first underwater tennis court.
This underwater complex is proposed by earlier in this year by well known Polish architect named Krystztof Kotala who is also the Founder of the 8+8 Concept Studio.This is situated at offshore in the Persian Gulf, between the Burj al Arab and the Palm Jumeirah islands in the United Arab Emirates. The full proposed structure will house to seven courts, each with rooftop a coral reef is designed to build an illusion of a natural atoll.
While this creative idea drew so much interest from worldwide spectators, it also comeup with many technical and engineering concerns for engineers. Sara Fray, who is the director of Engineering and Technical Services at the Institution of Structural Engineers in London, has reported to "MailOnline" that the transparent ceiling would need a continuous pane which is made of glass measuring at leaat 180 feet-wide and weigh possibly 100 tons to accommodate the court and spectators . Aside from the major concern of leakage of water, Fray also noted a few important things that the complex would need, including a feasible and strong structure that could withstand earthquakes and tsunamis, and an efficient connection which is to the surface as emergency exit. Not only that she even questioned whether tennis players could play in these courts, as it would be difficult to control the light refraction inside the courts.
Beyond these technical issues, this entire project is also extremely expensive to build. Currently this is estimated to cost a whooping $1.7 -$2.5 billion, according to reviewers in an interview with CNN, the architect hopes the project to be a “combination of ecology, technology and sport” which has a strong commercial potential.
There is no doubt this will multiply the tourist attraction in the country..
