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AECOM
Contact
M. Burton, T. Webster, I. Hooper,
P. Witham, S. Bannister
Address Midcity Palce, 71 High Holborn
WC1v 6QS London, United Kingdom
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AECOM
is a global provider of professional, technical and management
support services to a broad range of construction and infrastructure
markets. With approximately 90,000 employees around the world, our
teams of award-winning engineers, designers, planners and project
managers ensure that AECOM is a leader in all of the key markets that
it serves, providing a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation
and technical excellence in delivering solutions that create, enhance and
sustain the world’s built, natural and social environments.
Owner
Serpentine Gallery Trust
Architect
Smiljan Radic
General Contractor
Stage One
Engineering Office
AECOM, London
Construction Period 05/2014 - 06/2014
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2014
has been designed by Chilean
architect Smiljan Radic with AECOM providing structural design from
concept through to construction. This Pavilion exemplifies the history of
small romantic constructions seen in parks or large gardens, the so-called
follies of the 16th to 19th century. The design is based on two sculptures
created by the architect. The goal of the project was to replicate the brittle
fragility of papier-mâché whilst achieving the juxtaposition of dark and light
through the skin of the build.
Key to the design
was to incorporate a thin (13 mm) semi-transparent
glass reinforced plastic shell (GRP) with a visible steel frame which would
merge the architectural intent of the ruined follies with the functionality of
the frame. The aesthetic of sitting the shell directly on sandstone rocks was
realized by designing fixed frames within SCIA Engineer and controlling
deflections to allow steel columns to be hidden within the sandstone.
Design challenges
were faced when evaluating the behaviour of the
fibre glass shell and its impact upon the frame. The Pavilion series has
a history of utilising unusual structural materials. The GRP was imported
as a shell structure to SCIA Engineer using a bespoke panelisation script
and analyzed. This was then taken by specialist GRP contractor Optima to
produce final construction information.
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2014 - London, United Kingdom
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