A fiberglass staircase manufactured for the Museum of The Future

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A fiberglass staircase manufactured for the Museum of The Future!


The Museum of the Future, a new addition to Dubai’s skyline by architects Killa Design, engineers Buro Happold and contractor BAM International, opened on Feb. 22, 2022, and features a large percentage of composite materials within its interior construction!


For example, @Advanced Fiberglass Industries manufactured 230 double-curved interior panels, a unique double-helix DNA structure staircase that scales the full seven levels of the museum, and 228 glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) oval-shaped light structures for the museum’s car parking area.


Lightweight, quick-to-install, durable and highly formable fire-retardant composites provided the optimum material solution for the torus-shaped Museum’s double-curved interior panels, that were decorated with a raised calligraphy design featuring quotes from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.


In what is said to be a first of its kind for a large-scale composites project, adaptable mold technology from Danish company @Adapa, was introduced by AFI to ensure that the interior panels could be delivered in line with the project schedule. As well as enabling the rapid configuration of each panel without the machining of traditional molds, the adaptive mold technology significantly reduced waste generated in the molding process, contributing to the building’s low-carbon LEED platinum credentials.





With a challenging structural and fire safety specification defined, @Sicomin’s bio-based SGi128 intumescent Gelcoat and SR1122 fire-retardant laminating epoxy were chosen for the panels. In addition to high fire properties, SGi 128 is also formulated with more than 30% carbon from renewable sources, reducing the final carbon footprint significantly.


Source: CompositesWorld

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