Monday 13 August 2012

AquaDom


AquaDom:

A 25-meter-long cylindrical tank made of acrylic glass, built around a transparent elevator. It is located in the'''Radisson SAS Hotel'', Berlin. ''''AquaDom''' opened in December 2003.
For construction of this miracle, it cost 12.8 million euros.
The AquaDom in Berlin, Germany, is a 25 metre tall cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium with built-in transparent elevator. It is located at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin-Mitte. The DomAquarée complex also contains a hotel, offices, a restaurant, and the aquarium Sea Life Centre.
The AquaDom was opened in 2004. It cost about 12.8 million euros.. The overall construction of the aquarium was designed and built by International Concept Management, Inc.. The acrylic cylinder was constructed by the U.S. company Reynolds Polymer Technology. It is now the main attraction of the Berlin Sea Life Centre.
The outside cylinder was manufactured on-site from four pieces; the inside cylinder for the elevator was delivered in one piece. The Aquadom is the largest acrylic cylindrical aquarium in the world, with a diameter of about 11 metres, built on a 9 metres tall foundation. Filled with 1,000,000 litres of water, it contains over 1,500 fish of 50 species. The feeding of the fish and the cleaning of the fish tank is performed daily by 3-4 divers. The fish need 8 kg fish food.

A photograph from above of the AquaDom in the DomAquarée complex in Berlin.

AquaDom in late night color.

AquaDom.

A view of the AquaDom from a room on the sixth floor of the Radisson SAS.

1 comment:

  1. You are welcome Gopal Yadav... you can visit this blog frequently,, you will find lot of interesting topics and more informative things.. thanks for commetns

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