Office, entertainment and shopping center Zlote Tarasy
- Company:
- Waagner Biro steel and glass GmbH, Zekon Spólka z o. o., Zeman & Co GmbH, Zeman HDF Spólka z o. o.
- Client:
- Waagner Biro Stahl-Glas-Technik AG
- Designer:
- The Jerda Partnership International, Inc.
- Country, City:
- Poland, Warszawa
- Object category:
- architecture building, Infrastructure, shopping centres, structural alteration works
- Material:
- glass, steel
- Services:
- Assembly, Engineering, Production, Supply
- Completion:
- 2006
Work carried out: Wave-shaped, geometrically complex dome structure made of welded tubular profiles supporting triangular glass panes; steel construction for the “drum”: erection of the scaffolding, factory pre-assembly, assembly on site. Glass construction including grouting. Winner of the “European Award for Steelstructure 2007”. Like a cloth draped over seven spheres ... – this is the image that the impressive architecture of steel and glass evokes in the observer of the multifunctional building in the heart of Warsaw. At around 10,000 m², the geometrically complex grid shell is a huge free-form surface. Triangular glass panes ensure the greatest possible flexibility when designing the curvature. For the construction of the steel nodes, Waagner-Biro developed the technology that was already used in the construction of the roof of the Great Court in the British Museum. The use of this innovative technology has created an architectural landmark whose elegance is unique in the country.