Britomart Car Park Canopy
A functional shade structure designed to shade cars, but more importantly to visually complete the roof top level of the Britomart Car Parking Building.
Project Details
| Client: | Cooper & Company |
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| Fabric Type: | Mesh |
| Function: | Architectual |
| Scope of Work: | Concept, Design & Build |
| Location: | Quay Street, Britomart, Auckland, NZ |
| Size: | 2,560sqm |
| Completion: | 12th January 2011 |
The shade structure comprises a serries of low pitch barrel vault canopies, providing cover for 197 car spaces. A standard canopy module was developed, which was then varied to suit a one, two or three car park span or formed as a back to back double bay.
One of the design challenges was to maximise the head room under the canopy while limited to a maximum site covenant height of 2.2m above floor level, as well as achieving sufficient fabric shape to prevent undue fabric movement.