Roof of Water Reservoir, Mina

One of the earliest strange but beautiful object which I saw in Google Earth was the roof of Water Reservoir at Mina near holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

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The water reservoir caters to about 2 millions pilgrims who gather every year at Mina, during Hajj and it is covered by this huge cable-stayed reinforced concrete shell roof which has a diameter of 365 metres. The cover is supported by 88 concrete towers, each 60 metres in height. A network of thick pre stressed cables holds the concrete beams over which the roof is laid out. It is one the largest cable-stayed concrete shell roofs in the world.

As per selimrg whose photo of the actual view has been shown above;

"The concept is based on the inherent stiffness of a ring of 'A' frames from which radial in-situ beams, cast using rotating formwork, are stayed with over 214m clear span. The roof is composed of precast concrete barrel vault shells, acting integrally with the beams to form a strong and efficient structure. The enclosed volume beneath the roof is 1.7 million cubic meter with a surface area almost 90,000 sqm and a perimeter of over a kilometer is greater than the London Millennium Dome."

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