Aspire Tower

The 318 meter high Aspire Tower is the design landmark of the Asian Games 2006 in Doha, Qatar. Located directly next to the Games Stadia, construction of the 318 meter high tower commenced in April 2005.

The tower is designed to resemble a large torch, which is achieved with wire mesh elements supplied by KAPHS. The facade consists of 3452 single elements with a total area of appr. 30.000 square meters.

Throughout the facade LEDs have been installed within the mesh to create user-defined effects in varying colours.

Using the mesh type DOGLA-TRIO it was possible to vary the clear openings of the horizontal wires between 14 and 44 mm. The open area was incrementally increased from 72% to 85%.

The vertical wire groups of DOGLA-TRIO consist of three specially preformed wires. HAVER & BOECKER ensured, that these wire groups run in one continuous line from element to element across the full height of the tower. The standard elements are 8 meters high with a maximum width of 1,96 meters; special elements are as long as 13 meters.

Client: The Sports City Project

Architect: AREP

Location: Doha – Qatar