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Stack 'A', Dublin, Ireland The redevelopment of a historic 19th Century Warehouse in Dublin’s Docklands into a modern retail and leisure venue, provides 13,000m² of mixed use floor space. The entire glazed façade to the West elevation needed to be self supporting so as to only pass minimal loads through to the ancient structure’s roof. This was achieved through the use of a cable net supporting the wall of glass, spanning horizontally between vertical steel pylons located at each roof gulley point. 20mm diameter cables were strung horizontally between each pylon on both the inside and outside of the façade, and spider assemblies connected to both cables pass through the glass fixings, bringing the cables towards each other and providing the required tension. These pre-tensioned cables, along with 8mm diameter vertical cables spanning between spider assemblies at each vertical glass joint, all act against each other to fully support and stabilise the wall. |
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_ Stack A, Dublin _ |
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| _ | Scope of Works: | Free Standing self supported cable
net glazed wall _ |
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| _ | Cladding Details: | 555m² point fixed single
glazing - 2 No. 10mm panes with California Series PVB laminate interlayer. |
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| _ | Steelwork Details: | 160 linear metres of ø8mm stainless
steel cables, 570 linear metres of ø20mm stainless steel cables, 53t structural
steelwork. _ |
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| _ | Year of Completion: | 2004 _ |
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| _ | Contract Duration: | 13 months _ |
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| _ | Client: | Dublin Docklands Development Agency _ |
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| M_ERO UK | Architect: | Michael Collins Associates _ |
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| _ | Main Contractor: | Bennett Construction Ltd. _ |
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