KHAN SHATYR ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE

•      Location: Astana, Kazakhstan

•      Early Development: 2006

•      Inauguration: 2009

•      Architect: Foster Partners

•      Local Architect: Linea Tusavul Architecture, Gultekin Architecture

•      Consultants: Buro Happold, Charles Funke Associates, Claude Engle, ALKAS Consulting, Istanbul Technical University

•      Mechanical Engineer: Vemeks Engineering Ltd.

Khan Shatyr claimed as the world's tallest tent with a height of 150 meters above the ground. Interiors of buildings planned and designed so that the atmosphere inside the building feels like the outdoors, including temperature and nuances.

Khan Shatyr buildings can be grouped based on the shape into two parts, building the bottom and top of the building. Building the bottom has the basic shape of an ellipse that extends toward the back with a longest diameter of 200 meters. The ground floor has an area of 100,000 m2 (more than 10 times the size of a football field) with a concrete roof. In it there are some facilities such as shopping malls, hypermarkets, and cinema.

Building the top of a main building with a roof-transparent membrane with the membrane buffer heights up to 150 meters from the ground. Its position right on top of the building-the-bottom. Existing facilities at the kids playground and this is an artificial river,minigolf and gardens, parks, restaurants, swimming pool and artificial beach, a spa and fitness center, as well as an area to see the sights at the height of the buildings KhanShatyr.

Khan Shatyr roof using membrane material called ETFE. The membrane is supported using the structure of the cable network. Transparent membrane materials allow light and sun light can get into the building thereby creating an atmosphere in the building seemed to like the outdoors.