General Information
| Completion: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Air-supported membrane structure |
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| Function / usage: |
Shelter / rain protection |
| Structure: |
Gridshell |
Location
| Location: |
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 19° 18' 1.26" N 99° 8' 14.27" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 16 m | |
| length | 67 m |
Materials
| membrane |
ETFE foil
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Notes
For the "Paseo Acoxpa", a shopping mall in Mexico City, a very impressive roofing in the form of a louvered ETFE cushion construction was planned and executed in 2018.
Over a length of 67 m and a width of 16 m, the approx.1,500 m² barrel-shaped roof spans the main shopping arcade. A slender steel construction of intersecting girders results in a grid of 248 rhombs in which the transparent ETFE cushions were mounted. The air-supported cushions are interconnected and connected to a blower unit that regulates the air pressure and automatically compensates for weather fluctuations.
The acute angles of the diamond-shaped cushions were a particular challenge. These had to be designed without wrinkles, which required precise planning of the ETFE cushions and a specially developed clamping profile.
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20082150 - Published on:
17/01/2022 - Last updated on:
17/01/2022
