Specification

  De Montfort University Roofed Passageway Specification: 


  Location:        The Newarke, Leicester LE2 7BY Great Britain

  Materials:       Reinforced concrete-  concrete ribs and roof

                           Steel-  steel anchor and tensioned cable net

                           Fabrics-  roof, thin membrane

Dimensions:      30 meters length

                           15 meters wide

                           15 meters high             

Description:                                                                                                                                                 

A roofed passageway located in Leicester DMU area is a concrete structure. It is made by innovative technique called Doubly Curved Concrete Roof, which combining medieval building principals with futuristic construction methods. This method helps to lower embodied emission and energy in the structure of buildings, reduce construction waste and minimalize resource consumption. The construction will include a doubly curved, two-layered concrete shell, which will contain a layer of insulation blocks between two sheets of reinforced concrete of about 3-5 cm thick. The concrete layers will be connected by thin compressive stiffening ribs and vertical tension rods to activate the entire depth of the section. The system of the construction will be made of lightweight metal cable-net and fabric formwork.This system reduce the need for separate foundations of the formwork and allow unobstructed space underneath 

Construction Duration:

                              20 March 2023 to 15 February 2024

Architects:            Ad Arch Company, 47 Portland Pl, London W1B 1 JH

Comments

  1. Zoe Van-de-VeldeMarch 13, 2022 at 1:51 PM

    Good that you have added this - I am assuming this is going on your presentation boards?

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