Kiel canopy - 04.014
Program
complete conception and structural study for a non-glased canopy.
Concept
The shelter is an urbanistic construction providing a landmark for a commercial plaza in Antwerp. Steel columns with a specifically assembled section, support a structural grid at a height of 12 m. The grid (92 by 13 m) is composed by continuous steel strips (6 mm by 250 mm) and its form in plan has been adjusted to follow the distribution of the forces. The structural principle of the large canopy has also been used in several smaller constructions, providing glased (bus) shelters.
Specific features
Structural optimisation of the grid geometry by a variation in the grid density instead of in the grid height. Assembled columns with double crescent shape. Bolted structural connections between the different steel strips of the grid.
