Millennium Tower | Studio Nicoletti Associati

Abuja / Nigeria / 2013

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[EN] - The Millennium Tower and Cultural Centre project is one of the many projects in the Central District of Nigeria's capital city of Abuja. At 170 metres (560 ft), the tower would be the tallest structure in Nigeria. The tower was designed by Manfredi Nicoletti and is part of the Nigeria National Complex which includes the Nigeria Cultural Centre and Municipal Building. Construction started in 2006.


The 170 metre tower will be Nigeria's tallest structure when completed along with an eight storey, low rise, pyramid shaped Cultural Centre. Located in Abuja, the site is severed by a main road so the two structures will be linked via an underground arcade. The tower consists of three cylindrical concrete pillar-like structures varying in height and linked together near the towers first peak using a disc shaped section which will house in its two floors, an observation decks and a restaurant where visitors will be able to enjoy spectacular views of the city below while they eat. Around the pillars of the tower three transparent stainless steel wings wrap delicately but protectively around the base of the tower and gradually open outwards in a fan like fashion as they extend up the height of the tower. 


The lighting design involved equipping the Tower with a screen dimensioned so as to display the logo of Nigeria, but also with a control system enabling alternative images to be displayed completely dynamically. The need to fix the screen with an anchoring system on steel cables was of fundamental importance to perfectly integrate the element with the structure and make it completely transparent when not in function.


[IT] - Il Cultural Centre e Millennium Tower, situato nel pieno centro di Abuja, tra la Chiesa e la Moschea, è un complesso multifunzionale destinato ad ospitare il più importante Museo d’arte africana del Paese ed uno dei maggiori al mondo, nonché un Auditorium per 2000 spettatori: il tutto, racchiuso all’interno di un complesso architettonico di pregio, costituito da un grande guscio di forma piramidale in acciaio e vetro, ideato e pressoché interamente disegnato dallo Studio Nicoletti Associati.


Accanto al Centro Culturale, il progetto prevede la realizzazione e l’allestimento urbanistico della piazza principale della capitale, dominata da una torre monumentale alta 170m. La torre ospita un piano belvedere ed un ristorante panoramico girevole alla quota di + 107,00 mt.


Il compito illuminotecnico è quello di dotare la Torre di uno schermo dimensionato per la visualizzazione del logo della Nigeria, ma, tramite il sistema di controllo, avere anche la possibilità di visualizzare immagini alternative in modo completamente dinamico.
Di estrema importanza la necessità di fissare lo schermo con un sistema di ancoraggio su cavi d’acciaio per rendere l’elemento perfettamente integrato alla struttura e completamente trasparente quando non in funzione.

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    [EN] - The Millennium Tower and Cultural Centre project is one of the many projects in the Central District of Nigeria's capital city of Abuja. At 170 metres (560 ft), the tower would be the tallest structure in Nigeria. The tower was designed by Manfredi Nicoletti and is part of the Nigeria National Complex which includes the Nigeria Cultural Centre and Municipal Building. Construction started in 2006. The 170 metre tower will be Nigeria's tallest...

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    • Year 2013
    • Work finished in 2013
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