ATHLETICS HALL – MIRAMAS (FRANCE) / FOCUS TEXTILE FACADES

Location MIRAMAS (FRANCE)
COMPLETION DATE 2018
SURFACE AREA 97 Ft2

The future largest athletics hall in Europe is being built in Miramas, in the South of France.

An ambitious project that brings together many partner companies all mobilized to bring this large-scale complex out of the ground.The glue-laminated timber frame structure is designed by SMC2 with the architectural firms of Chabanne and RILL and the Valéry Calvi design office.The building is covered by a double textile membrane and its translucent textile facades have received a technical assessment from the CSTB.A look back on the use of this material, which allows natural light to pass through but filters out bad weather.

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