Construction of a large composite gridshell structure: A lightweight structure made with pultruded glass fibre reinforced polymer tubes

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Abstract

The Ephemeral Cathedral of Créteil at Paris, France, is a gridshell structure made of composite materials. Built in 2013, this 350 m2 religious edifice is a temporary church meant to gather the parishioners during the two year renovation of their permanent cathedral. This large-scale prototype represents a first in the building industry which still shows excessive apprehension for the use of non-traditional materials such as composites, especially when it comes to structural applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)160-167
Number of pages8
JournalStructural Engineering International
Volume26
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2016

Keywords

  • Composite
  • Double curvature
  • Freeform
  • Glass fibre reinforced polymer
  • Gridshell
  • Large span

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