To withstand the acting snow loads, the new pavilion at ground level has a conical shape where six triangles have been cut out.
A corridor leading outside connects the extension to the existing building.
Construction
The walls, with heights varying between 7.5 and 19 ft, are made of reinforced concrete and are filled with calcium silicate units.
The walls support a conical roof with a diameter of 95 ft, which uses the principle of the reciprocal structure with 7 rows. Therefore, no central support is needed.
The reciprocal structure consists of about 1,000 wooden beams with a section of 3 x 9 inches and a length of up to 20 ft.
| Structural Engineering | Engineering office Bollinger+Grohmann Ingenieure, France www.bollinger-grohmann.com |
| Architect | LIST & Hideyuki Nakayama Architects |
| Investor | Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium fransmasereelcentrum.be |
