ATHLETICS HALL – MIRAMAS (FRANCE) / FRAME FOCUS #2: FOCUS AND DETAILS

Location MIRAMAS (13)
COMPLETION DATE 2018
SURFACE AREA 9 771 M2

The future largest athletics hall in Europe (nearly 10,000 m²) is being built in Miramas, in the South of France.

An ambitious project that brings together many partner companies all mobilized to bring this large-scale complex out of the ground.

The glue-laminated timber frame structure is designed by SMC2 with the architectural firms of Chabanne and RILL and the Valéry Calvi design office.

The building is covered by a double textile membrane and the façades are translucent textile.

Focus in this article on the mixed glue-laminated timber and galvanized steel structure, in three dimensions for an 80 metre span.