Covering "Les Arènes de Nîmes" with an air-inflated fabric structure

Abstract

Together with a team of architects, we started to develop and to design a structure which should cover the central part of the arena. The design yielded to a lightweight structure which is able to be installed within 21 days, designed to withstand a windspeed of 200 km/h and able to carry a snow load of 360 to - more than twice the deadweight of the new building. The air inflated cushion consists out of PVC-coated PETP-fabric membranes.