truss connection

Maw's Garage

Using tension chords, existing members can stiffened, ie. strengthened in areas where failure is likely to occur.

Renault Distribution Centre by Foster and Partners

Fleetguard Factory by Richard Rogers

Tensile Structures

This week, I looked at range of tensile structure projects. Two, in particular, incoorperated elements that I thought could potentially help my project. One is factory designed by Richard Rogers; the other, the Renault distribution centre by Norman Foster.