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Designed by
architect Massimiliano Fuksas, Zenith Strasbourg, a 10,000
seater multipurpose arena, involved construction, engineering
and design experts from all over Europe. The arena's clever
design involved a huge fabric envelope, wrapped, tensioned
and drawn in with steel cables around a concrete core. And
the fabric chosen for this record-breaking build...Atex 5000.
The project required a fabric that not only offered
translucency but was also durable, fire resistant, maintainable,
affordable and have a lifespan of at least 25 years. Atex 5000
was able to deliver all of this and more.
The Atex 5000, a glass
fibre fabric, was woven then coated and top lacquered with
a semi-translucent orange pigment. It was then supplied from
our UK manufacturing plant in continuous 440 metre lengths
and 3.05 metre widths.
The lengths were then positioned in elliptical, oblique and
heterogeneous planes, held in place by 420 brackets fastened
to the framework by 26,000 bolts.
It was a big job but Atex 5000 was up to it! A
record-breaking 15,000m2 of material was required to create
the fabric envelope.
For further information visit:
www.zenith-strasbourg.fr |
