Structural Designer
Passage Projects
Client Name
Okada Manila
Location
Manila, Philippines
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Judge's comment: The engineers of the Cove Manila roof showed great awareness of the need for visual clarity in designing a 100m diameter glazed dome and adopted a clever hierarchy of structural steel elements that provided a simple but strong logic for a roof structure, free from unnecessary elements, and a display of structural reduction of the first order. To achieve this clarity and a remarkably lightweight, and therefore efficient, roof structure in the extremely testing conditions of high seismicity and winds that Manila is prone to, while supporting large glazed panels sensitive to movement, is a real testament to the assurance and deftness of touch of the design engineers.
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