The Water Discus is a modular structure and can be built in any part of the world. Adaptability and accessibility of the Water Discus hotel It can be expanded with modules of 1,000m² to 1,500m² each. Several individual disc modules of different sizes can be integrated to develop a hotel complex of more than 2,000m². Room exteriors will have special lighting for macro photography and an external explorer robot to enable the guests to interact with the marine life.
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Large windows of the rooms facing the waters will offer views of the underwater world, coral reefs, flora, fauna and sea animals of the Persian Gulf. Soundproof rooms and curtains of different transparency levels will ensure privacy.
It will be submerged 10m below the water surface and provide underwater activities. The 1,000m² underwater discus will comprise 21 rooms that can accommodate two people each. They will have facilities such as a restaurant, garden, spa and recreational area. The satellites will rest about 5m to 7m above the water surface. The centre of the main upper disc will feature a multifunctional lobby, a large upper terrace swimming pool, a 4m-deep training pool and a seawater swimming pool with glass access tunnels. It will be linked to the adjacent satellite discuses of about 200m² each.
The above water discus will have a usable area of about 1,500m². The vertical shaft contains a lift and a stairway. Both are connected by a vertical shaft and three sturdy legs fixed to the seabed. The Water Discus Hotel consists of two disc-shaped structures, one above the surface of the water and the other underwater, which resemble saucers. Dual discs making up the unique underwater hotel’s structure Deep Ocean Technology started searching for other potential locations including Oman, the Maldives, Australia, the Caribbean and Poland in 2015. In 2015, the underwater project was stalled after BIG InvestConsult’s withdrawal from the project and the resignation of Drydocks’ chairman Khamis Buamim, who was overseeing the project. The JV will focus on promoting, developing and implementing Water Discus Hotel concept for leisure destinations across the world. In September 2012, BIG and Deep Ocean Technology established a joint company called DOT & BIG. Its construction timelines and budget, however, have been kept secret and are undisclosed. The project is currently in the implementation phase. In May 2012, Dubai World’s shipbuilding subsidiary, Drydocks World, signed an agreement with BIG to build the first Water Discus hotel in Dubai. DOT is also developing autonomous unmanned submersibles to serve the hotel’s guests.īIG InvestConsult is the representative for DOT and holds the technology marketing rights in the GCC countries. The concept of the Water Discus hotel was conceived by the Polish firm Deep Ocean Technology (DOT) in collaboration with researchers from the Gdansk University of Technology. The underwater hotel was designed to integrate submarine activities with waterside living. Once complete, Water Discus is expected to be the largest of its kind in the world. Unlike the never-built Hydropolis, the Water Discus hotel is not entirely submerged. Water Discus is a proposed underwater luxury hotel to be found in Dubai, UAE.