ATHLETICS HALL – MIRAMAS (FRANCE) / FRAME FOCUS #3: A WOODEN LATTICE WITH AN 80 METRE SPAN

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 mobilised 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 the façades are translucent textile.

Focus in this article on the mixed glue-laminated timber and galvanized steel structure, in three dimensions for an 80 metre span.

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