Project Summary
CLIENT Cutty Sark Enterprises
LOCATION Greenwich, London
DATE 2006
MATERIAL PVC
ARCHITECT YOUMEHESHE Architects
CONTRACTOR Hornagold & Hills

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Cutty Sark

Multicone Structure

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The spectacular Cutty Sark deserves to welcome its visitors in a spectacular venue. Our multi-cone tensile fabric structure certainly delivers. It has to be one of the most unique architectural fabric creations in the country. By day, its peaks resemble crisp meringue; by dusk, the detail in the beautifully lit cones truly comes alive.

Conceived by innovative architects Youmeheshe, the fabric structure strikes an arresting mark on the landscape. It is not just its visual form that breaks new ground. The seventeen tensile hexagonal cones have a unique relationship with their timber grid below. In short, one cannot survive without the other. The fabric locks the grid in place, providing the awesome strength needed to hold this beautiful beast in place. A true example of collaborative working processes, from conception to completion, the engineering, timber and fabric all had to work in perfect harmony.

 

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