project
                
                
            
        Dynamic Earth Centre
General information
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                        Location address
                        
Holyroad Park, Edinburgh, Scotland
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                        Location country
                        
United Kingdom
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                        Name of the client/building owner
                        
Dynamic Earth Charitable Trust
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                        Function of building
                        
Museums
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                        Degree of enclosure
                        
Hybrid structure
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                        Climatic zone
                        
Temperate - cold winters and mild summers
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                        Number of layers
                        
double-layer
 
Description
Membrane roof suspended from 8 masts, sealed to perimeter glass wall.
Description of the environmental conditions
Naturally ventilated with underfloor heating.
Material of the cover
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                        Cable-net/Fabric/Hybrid/Foil
                        
Fabric
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                        Material Fabric/Foil
                        
Laminated Glass, PTFE coated glass
 
Main dimensions and form
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                        Covered surface (m2)
                        
3000
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                        Maximum height (m)
                        
11
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                        Total length (m)
                        
80
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                        Total width (m)
                        
35
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                        Form entire structure
                        
Anticlastic
 
Duration of use
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                        Temporary or permanent structure
                        
Permanent
 
Involved companies
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                        Architects
                                                                                
Michael Hopkins & Partners
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                            Engineers
                                                                                   
Arup
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                            Contractors