Worlds First Luxury Underwater Hotel in Dubai

 Hydropolis is the world's first underwater luxury hotel. It includes three elements: the land station, where guests will be welcomed, connecting tunnel, which leads people to train to the main station of the submarine and 220 suites, a recreation center. This is one of the largest contemporary construction projects in the world, covering an area of ​​260 hectares, about the size of Hyde Park.

"Hydropolis is not a project is a passion," enthuses Joachim Hauser, the developer and designer of the hotel. His futuristic vision is about to take shape 20m below the surface of the Persian Gulf off the coast of Jumeirah Beach in Dubai.

£ 300 million, 220-suite hotel should open by the end of 2006, but implementation has been delayed and is now scheduled to open in 2009. It will incorporate many innovations, it is removed from the original plan for an underwater complex worthy of Jules Verne.

The original idea for Hydropolis developed by Hauser's passion for water and the sea, and goes far beyond building a hotel underwater. More than a curiosity, a commitment to a deeper philosophy. "Once you start digging deeper into the subject, one can not help being fascinated and start worrying about all the associated problems," he explains. "Human beings are composed of 80% water, the earth is composed of 80% water, no water, no life."

To achieve this surreal space, visitors will start at a ground station. This 120m woven, semicircular cylinder arch on a building with several floors. At the lowest level of those who travel by train silently government are not fully automated cable along a modular, self-supporting steel guideway and the Hydropolis. The upper floors of the station house a variety of clinical services such as cosmetic surgery, marine biological research laboratory and conference rooms. And 'at the lower levels are the staff rooms, goods storage and loading areas and parking lots and hotels.

The ground station also includes a restaurant and movie theaters in high-tech evolution of life on the ocean and the history of underwater architecture. In the end, the screen opened to reveal the real-life Hydropolis. An observation deck at the front opening of the roof deck allows views of the architecture as shown in the light of Hydropolis.

Hauser plans to incorporate many different elements associated with the sea cosmetics will be ocean, film screen theaters that focus on aquatic themes and a children's pool at SeaWorld educate and entertain.

He sees his creation as a place where those who do not dive - or do not swim - can experience the peace and the inspiration of the underwater world. "We expect about 3,000 visitors a day, in addition to hotel guests. The goal is to inspire people to develop a new awareness of the sea."