Structure
The multi-purpose hall in Calais is a structure with a wide self-supporting span of 65.6 x 121 x 41 ft.
On a base area of 10,764 ft2, the hall has a room with 8,073 ft2.
The gathered form of the interior wooden cladding and the exterior aluminum coating fit perfectly due to rigid metal frame beams bonded to each other, which adapt perfectly to the forms.
The grid metal frame beams have a static depth of 5.7 ft with a span of up to 110 ft. In order to stabilize them laterally, shell structures of reinforced concrete were constructed. They were also used for the engineering rooms of the building.
| Structural Engineering | Engineering Office Bollinger+Grohmann Ingenieure Paris, France www.bollinger-grohmann.com |
| Architect | Tank Architectes Lille, France www.tank.fr |
| Investor | City of Calais, France www.calais.fr |
