Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi, Yas Island

Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi is one of the largest indoor theme parks ever built, and its arrival experience had to match the scale of the brand inside. Al Hamra Industries was selected to engineer, fabricate and install the tensile membrane canopies that crown the main entrance, together with extensive car park shade structures across the Yas Island site.

The entrance canopy is a signature architectural element: a sweeping, form-found membrane that shelters guests as they move between the drop-off zones and the park gates. Every panel was patterned and welded in our Sharjah facility, then tensioned on site over a calculated steel frame designed for the island’s coastal wind loads.

The project brought together an international delivery team — Farah Leisure as client, AECOM Middle East as consultant and Six Construct / Al Rakha Group as main contractor — with membranes sourced from two of the world’s leading technical fabric manufacturers: Ferrari of France (PVC) and Verseidag of Germany (PTFE).

Engineering & Delivery Highlights

• Form-found tensile entrance canopy engineered as a signature architectural feature of the park’s arrival experience
• Dual membrane specification: PVC by Ferrari France and PTFE by Verseidag Germany, selected for longevity under intense UV exposure
• Structural steel designed for Yas Island coastal wind conditions, with full engineering documentation for consultant approval
• In-house patterning, welding and quality control of every membrane panel at our Sharjah fabrication facility
• Coordinated installation within a live, fast-track theme park construction programme alongside multiple international contractors