Greenhouse Structure

Being constructed in the site of a 17th century orangery, the 94-metre-long greenhouse is a barrel-vaulted structure supported by three curved, trussed space frames as the primary structures. In the exterior, the diagonal mesh of stain-less-steel tubes serves as secondary structure. The tubes were clamped together at right angles by butterfly nodes with a single screw, from which the glass is suspended below. The 1:20 model has demonstrated both the structures with detailed joints connecting the exterior mesh, glass roof and arch frame together. The simple arrangement of steel together with the glass roof has created amazing light and shadow inside the greenhouse, allowing sunshine to penetrate and keep the air warm.