Hmm haven't taken to Drupal myself. Have found the hooks and various patterns messy to work with.
But after reading it won't be a standard site and you're dealing with large data structures.... I wouldn't use Drupal or SilverStripe for a system like that. Firstly nosql support will be limited. Secondly and active recored pattern is hellishly slow when dealing with volume. The performance sacrifice is a reasonable trade off for speed of development with small - medium sized websites.
I would check out lithium for good looking php framework with nosql support http://lithify.me/
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