Tensioned Fabric Structures

SHADES & CANOPIES | TRANSPORTATION

Long Beach Transit Terminal

Location: Long Beach, California
Architect: Miralles Associates
Builder: AWI Builders

The architect’s abstract form for these art canopies was modeled as a series of connected circular curves, which formed the basis of our large displacement finite element analysis and membrane patterning. Overhead suspension cables, together with stabilizing cables beneath the membranes, provide stability under varying wind loads.

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