2016 Archive : BOX RING

Project Details

Fabric 1

Précontraint 1202 Formula S
Producer: Serge Ferrari SAS
Supplier: Serge Ferrari SAS

Engineer Name 1
Rodolfo Ulloa

Engineer Company 1
Lonas Lorenzo SA de CV

Design Name
Cesar Eloy Perez

Design Company
Lonas Lorenzo SA de CV

Architect Name
Cesar Eloy Perez

Architect Company
Lonas Lorenzo SA de CV

Fabrication Company
Lonas Lorenzo SA de CV

Project Manager Company
Cinco Contemporanea

Installation Company
Lonas Lorenzo SA de CV

Please describe the project specifications

Free-form tensile structure supported by 4 mast and anchored over the mast to obtain a shape that looks amazing with the catenary cables and the central plate for the connection of the cables.

What was the purpose of this project? What did the client request?

The city council wanted to have a Box Ring to increase the sports and values on the community and they asked for something innovative, with a shape that change the idea of a venue like this.

What is unique or complex about the project?

The complex for this project was the time to built it we install in barely 5 days the entire structure and membrane, the fabrication of the membrane and the doble conection on the mast was complicated to stabilize.

What were the results of the project?

Client and the community were really happy with the result and has become a reference point of the town and is possible to replicate it in other tows around the state.

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