Membrane façade WoS Adidas
Herzogenaurach
Client
adidas, Deutsche Industrie und Parkhausbau GmbH, Koch Membranen
Collaboration
designtoproduction
Image credits
Andreas Wiese
Scope
Project and structural design all phases
Materials
Steel, membrane
Envelope area
7000 m²
Length
260 m
Width
42 m
Height
15 m
Planning period
2016 - 2017
Completion
2018
For the parking structure of the new Adidas Group campus “World of Sports” special attention was paid to the design of the façade.
The nodes of the triangular mesh vary in distance to the main structure, thereby generating a 3-dimensional tessellated surface to give the façade a certain depth. A specially for this project produced mesh membrane was used to meet the criteria for smoke extraction. In the center of the supporting structure is an innovative “plug-in-connector” which was made possible by a parametric description and a consistent digital workflow that allowed the production of the geometrically complex steel structure.
