Islands Chester Zoo Building, ETFE Architecture, Photos, Award, Orangutans, News
Islands at Chester Zoo Building
Cheshire ETFE Architectural Development, Northwest England, UK – design by AECOM, Architect
1 Oct 2016
Islands at Chester Zoo Building
Islands at Chester Zoo Building

Design: AECOM, Architects
?Islands? At Chester Zoo Wins Award For Best Large Project Presented By The Institution Of Structural Engineers
Apes, Steel and ETFE Engineering
?But by far the most complex loads to deal with were those resulting from the Orangutans?

Chester Zoo has created the largest development project in the history of British zoos. ?Islands? showcases the zoo?s international conservation programme and takes visitors on a journey to the South-East Asian islands of the Philippines; Panay, Papua, Bali, Sumatra, Sumba and Sulawesi, immersing them in the sights, sounds and smells of these diverse and exotic cultures.
The detailed design for the netting and cables to the internal animal enclosures suspended from the roof structure and tied to the internal concrete walls and the ETFE roof was completed by Tony Hogg Design and Novum Structures respectively, both appointed by Laing O?Rourke following contract award.

The cable reactions were submitted to Novum to inform the roof steelwork design and to AECOM to inform the concrete structure design. Novum provided AECOM with reactions at each pinned rib beam support where the vertical steel meets the roof steel.

The challenging brief ...