Overview

Measuring 14m wide by 72m long, with a surface area of 1120m2, the tensile fabric structure protects the high level entrance to the store from the multi-storey car park. A 45m long and 9m wide void between the car park and main building houses a series of travellators, taking shoppers from the checkouts at ground level up to each level of the car park.

Design solution
Drainage of rainwater was a key design element. The offset wave profile, with the front profile 180 degrees out of phase with the back, allowed far more efficient control of rainwater run-off to the internal guttering system. The perimeter and cross-bracing structural framework was constructed from steel sections that could be utilised as both a guttering and tensioning system for the fabric membrane.