Belgium - Brussels - Place Rogier Canopy 01_DSC0548
My Website : Twitter : Facebook : Instagram : Photocrowd
A photo of the Place Rogier canopy, a 64m diameter gridshell structure with an air-inflated membrane covering. Completed in 2012 it was designed by Xaveer De Geyter Architects and Ney & Partners Structural Engineers.
I photographed this on the way from the station to my hotel. I'd intended to go back and explore this area a bit more during my trip to Brussels but didn't find the time. From my photos it does rather seem I spent most of my time hanging around the Grand Place..........
Click here to see more photos from my Brusels trip : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157716583369188
From the RIBA Journal, "The 65m diameter disc is merely the most visible part of a €30 million project to reconfigure the metro station and connect its platform levels to the surface. This involved cutting a 30m by 15m hole into the pavement and opening the lower concourse level two storeys down to the air. The station is now accessed by escalators running diagonally through the space and a dramatic spiral staircase. Above this sits XDGA’s 230t bespoke steel structure, a sharp perimeter ring beam inset with a mesh of triangulated steels – some with timber infills, some clear to a tensile ETFE skin that stretches over the canopy.
Though centrally supported it leans assymetrically towards the square; the designers had to jump through engineering hoops for a bigger aesthetic intent. With a total area of 3,200m², architect Tom Bonnevalle explains that the idea was to ‘generate a roof form that was visible from all the approaching streets to create a landmark presence along the boulevard. We felt the circle was a simple form that everyone gets,’ he continues, ‘an iconic form that forges a strong identity for the square as well as becoming part of the wider urban realm.’"
© D.Godliman
Belgium - Brussels - Place Rogier Canopy 01_DSC0548
My Website : Twitter : Facebook : Instagram : Photocrowd
A photo of the Place Rogier canopy, a 64m diameter gridshell structure with an air-inflated membrane covering. Completed in 2012 it was designed by Xaveer De Geyter Architects and Ney & Partners Structural Engineers.
I photographed this on the way from the station to my hotel. I'd intended to go back and explore this area a bit more during my trip to Brussels but didn't find the time. From my photos it does rather seem I spent most of my time hanging around the Grand Place..........
Click here to see more photos from my Brusels trip : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157716583369188
From the RIBA Journal, "The 65m diameter disc is merely the most visible part of a €30 million project to reconfigure the metro station and connect its platform levels to the surface. This involved cutting a 30m by 15m hole into the pavement and opening the lower concourse level two storeys down to the air. The station is now accessed by escalators running diagonally through the space and a dramatic spiral staircase. Above this sits XDGA’s 230t bespoke steel structure, a sharp perimeter ring beam inset with a mesh of triangulated steels – some with timber infills, some clear to a tensile ETFE skin that stretches over the canopy.
Though centrally supported it leans assymetrically towards the square; the designers had to jump through engineering hoops for a bigger aesthetic intent. With a total area of 3,200m², architect Tom Bonnevalle explains that the idea was to ‘generate a roof form that was visible from all the approaching streets to create a landmark presence along the boulevard. We felt the circle was a simple form that everyone gets,’ he continues, ‘an iconic form that forges a strong identity for the square as well as becoming part of the wider urban realm.’"
© D.Godliman