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Vertigo-inducing path between volumes
savvy designers
are also triangulated, revealing the
extraordinary structural grid within.
Detailed to rest flush with the granite
panels, the curtain wall conforms
precisely to the folded surfaces,
resulting in several convex and concave
ridges of radiused-glass.
Like many grand opera halls, the
main concert building is conceived as a
double shell. The interstitial concourses
between the inner and outer shells
the Guangzhou Opera House are
characterized by the novel crisscrossing
structural system that was
pioneered specifically for the project
(for those of you taking notes, it’s
called a spatial folded plate triangular
lattice structure). This imposing mesh
of welded steel box beams appears as
an abstracted metallic endoskeleton,
not far removed from Herzog & de
Meuron’s iconic Bird’s Nest 1300
> Triangular grid overlaps
at multiple scales
miles away. The structural engineer
explained the challenges of designing
to ZHA’s exacting standards: “During
the process of structural design,
the architect set strict aesthetic
requirements to the structure system,
requiring the structure to coincide
with the architectural appearance
strictly, and the structure members to
FOR THOSE OF YOU TAKING
NOTES, IT’S CALLED A SPATIAL
FOLDED PLATE TRIANGULAR
LATTICE STRUCTURE
be arranged with certain orderliness
and rhythm, and having uniform
cross-section. After denying the
radial portal frame system and the
double-layer lattice shell for aesthetic
reasons, a brand new type of structure
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