219 Project information Short project description Nemetschek Engineering User Contest 2011 - Category 5: Special Projects Category 5: Special Projects 5 Moving Arches Muscat, Oman Owner Sultan Quaboos Bin Said - Sultan of Oman Architect Expo Engineering, Dipl.-Ing. Michael Lück General Contractor PRG GmbH Engineering Office Expo Engineering, Dipl.-Ing. Michael Lück Construction Start From March 2010 to December 2010 Location Muscat, Oman A spectacular event needs (e)motion. Every 5 years the Sultan of Oman organizes the Royal Equestrian and Camel Show. For the show 2011 two 60 m long elliptical shaped steel arches with an electric drive mechanism have been built. The arches, equipped with show lighting and pyrotechnics are movable to focus the audience´s view on solo artists in the centre of the stadium. The tapered cross section of the framework and the graceful design are impressive. The draft design, the implementation planning, the statics and the planning of the drive mechanism have been made by Expo Engineering.
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