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Location Heilbronn
Type of structure Suspended glass roof
Owner/Client Stadt Heilbronn
Completed 2001
Scope of our work Conceptual design, detailed design, site supervision
Architect Auer und Weber, Stuttgart
210 tempered glass panels, each 1.96 m by 1.87 m in size, form a continuous, slightly curved and smooth roof surface. This large "sheet" of glass is suspended from a set of stainless steel cables with custom made stainless steel clamps and is stabilised only by its dead weight. This cable and steel structure is supported by a slender 3D frame composed of steel tubes and cast-steel nodes.
Width / Length 28 m / 40 m
Max. / min. height above ground 10.20 m / 7.10 m
Glass width / length 1.96 m / 1.87 m
Glass thickness 3 x 10 mm tempered glass
Nodes, hangers, cables stainless steel
Steel tubes ø 508 mm t = 40 mm, ø 323 mm t = 25 mm
Foto R.Halbe