Buro Happold takes structural award for Scunthorpe Sports Centre
Consultancy wins regional IStructE award
Buro Happold has won the Yorkshire branch of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), Structural Engineering Excellence Award 2011.
The consultancy picked up the award for their work on the new Scunthorpe Sports Centre, which is better known as the Pods due to the five geodesic domes that make up the facility.
Buro Happold designed the building to use direct and diffused light and natural ventilation to minimise the buildings environmental impact, while the water conservation strategy including run-off, grey water, lakes and swales provides a top-up water supply for the irrigation of grass roofs and evaporative cooling. A bio-mass boiler fuelled by local parkland wood chippings and ground-source heat pumps supplements the heating and cooling requirements. The Pods are aiming for a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating.
Comments from the judges included: “The complex geometry of the glued laminated timber beams combined in a triangular arrangement with cylindrical steel nodes to form a series of intersecting domes creates an impressive internal space with a high quality feel. The use of cranked internal steel beams and supporting columns at the dome intersections is a neat and visually simple solution to a challenging geometrical problem. The flowing form of the dome superstructure continues via inclined columns to the raked piled foundations. There is clear evidence of a successful integrated design methodology employed by the structural engineer and the architect to meet the aesthetic and spatial demands of the brief.”
The project also won the Sustainable Building / Development of the Year Award at the Yorkshire Property Industry Awards 2011 earlier this month.
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Buro Happold is an independent international practice of consulting engineers. Since 1976 we have grown in size and reach to serve public and private clients across a full range of sectors through an international network of 29 offices.
We draw on the multi-disciplinary skills, knowledge and experience of our local experts to design and deliver award winning building, infrastructure and environmental projects that excel for clients, engage with communities and enrich the lives of users.
Sustainability, innovation and holistic consulting are at the heart of everything we do and we are committed to touching the earth lightly. We think harder and are dedicated to addressing the big challenges that face the planet – climate change, population growth and scarcity of natural resources.
Current and recent projects include the Grand Museum of Egypt (Cairo), the Louvre (Abu Dhabi), the Aviva Stadium (Dublin), the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, the King Abdullah Financial District (Riyadh), the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford) and the High Line (New York).
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