Wednesday, June 30, 2010

People Mover in Innsbruck, Austria


Inside the Congress Station on the Nordpark Cable Railway in Innsbruck, Austria

It looks like Zaha Hadid's office is at it again! I looked at the metal and glass panels which were wrapped around a steel frame and wondered exactly how they translated the working drawings into shop drawings?!
The joints of the double curved glass "shells" are contextual and  have black silicone to the roof. The joints of the underside have nothing to allow ventilation to occur. The structural system is undoubtedly some kind of space frame to allow for the cantilever for this station and the other stations, which is some cases is almost 50 feet.

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