Piazza Parasols
Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Engineers
- str.ucture
- Location
- Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Year
- 2011
The outside areas of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina are spanned by 260 parasols. The total spanned area amounts to 145,000 m². The height of the parasol constructions, when open, is 21.70 m – whereas the size of the pre-stressed parasol membranes is 26 x 26 m each.
Client
SL-Rasch GmbH
Architects
Architekturbüro Rasch + Bradatsch
Contract type
subcontract SL-Rasch GmbH
Planning
2008-2010
Completion
2011
Work
structural design, form-finding, optimisation
Covering area
145.000m²
Dimensions
26.00m x 26.00m x 21.70m
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