North Stand Construction Discussion

jrb said:
The "bubble" roof at Manchester Victoria Station is made of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) panels, a light but strong plastic used to bring in light to the station concourse.

Here's a more detailed breakdown:

  • Material: The roof is composed of approximately 400 translucent, plastic panels made from ETFE.
  • Purpose: These panels allow natural light to flood into the station concourse.
  • Design: The roof was designed by architects BDP, who also carried out the award-winning Piccadilly Station refurbishment.
  • Scale: The roof covers an area of 15,000 square meters.
  • Construction: The panels were created using computer modelling technology.
  • Other Uses: ETFE is also used in the domes at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
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The effect roof at the Eden project is the much more visually pleasing
jrb said:
The "bubble" roof at Manchester Victoria Station is made of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) panels, a light but strong plastic used to bring in light to the station concourse.

Here's a more detailed breakdown:

  • Material: The roof is composed of approximately 400 translucent, plastic panels made from ETFE.
  • Purpose: These panels allow natural light to flood into the station concourse.
  • Design: The roof was designed by architects BDP, who also carried out the award-winning Piccadilly Station refurbishment.
  • Scale: The roof covers an area of 15,000 square meters.
  • Construction: The panels were created using computer modelling technology.
  • Other Uses: ETFE is also used in the domes at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
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be a bitch to keep clean !! :-)
 
jrb said:
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Looks great, but it’s in Manchester. Give me a date when you won’t have rain bouncing off it?
 
Coatigan said:
It is a lot lot louder than a glass roof though. Particularly in the wind. The rooms facing it beware.
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In the recent cgi’s the supporting trusses are a lot finer than those over Victoria Stn in jrb’s post , how the hell do they clean / maintain it ? Or will the final structure be more like the Victoria one ??
 
Penders1957 said:
In the recent cgi’s the supporting trusses are a lot finer than those over Victoria Stn in jrb’s post , how the hell do they clean / maintain it ? Or will the final structure be more like the Victoria one ??
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Just a guess. City might use Vector-Folitec to do the fan zone roof?

They did Victoria Station. And they've done numerous other buildings, stadiums, etc around the World. Some roofs look amazing. Quite a few look like the proposed fan zone roof. Scroll along their work at the bottom of the page. MORE PROJECTS.

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They did the Victoria Train Station roof.

Manchester Victoria Station

The renovation plans outline some major transformations, including the replacement of the existing roof with a stunning ETFE roofing system.
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With City publicising the 84569 attendance v Stoke on the OS it got me a bit giddy. Maybe one day we will see the Etihad ‘finished off’ and the ES & CBS expanded to join up with the two ends. I really do hope so and it would make our stadium truly iconic and a fitting tribute to the club, its owners and us, the fans.
Imagine an Etihad crowd of 84570 v Stoke in the FA Cup Q Final in the year 2034..
 
Coatigan said:
It is a lot lot louder than a glass roof though. Particularly in the wind. The rooms facing it beware.
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Rain noise has only been found to be a problem requiring remedy in a very small number of buildings for which Texlon® ETFE cladding forms part of the building envelope. If rain noise is found to be problematic, noise intensity can be easily minimized by installing a patented Texlon® RS rain suppression mesh. It can be easily retrofitted to any installation

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JOGAMIGMOG said:
With City publicising the 84569 attendance v Stoke on the OS it got me a bit giddy. Maybe one day we will see the Etihad ‘finished off’ and the ES & CBS expanded to join up with the two ends. I really do hope so and it would make our stadium truly iconic and a fitting tribute to the club, its owners and us, the fans.
Imagine an Etihad crowd of 84570 v Stoke in the FA Cup Q Final in the year 2034..
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And just imagine how much revenue it would bring in too ;-)
 
JOGAMIGMOG said:
With City publicising the 84569 attendance v Stoke on the OS it got me a bit giddy. Maybe one day we will see the Etihad ‘finished off’ and the ES & CBS expanded to join up with the two ends. I really do hope so and it would make our stadium truly iconic and a fitting tribute to the club, its owners and us, the fans.
Imagine an Etihad crowd of 84570 v Stoke in the FA Cup Q Final in the year 2034..
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Dad was in that crowd he said there thousand more who climb the wall and weren’t counted must have been 100k according to him said you couldn’t move just had to go with the sway of the mass
 
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