Piazza Anfiteatro Pompei

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Project Data

Lead Architect: Mandara

Status: Completed 2008

Location: Pompei, Italy

Client: Soprintendenza Archeologica

Gross Area: 2.500 sqm

Value: 3.5m euro

Technical Data

Building envelope system:

- curtain wall system with glazed infill panels

- structural sealant glazing system / SSG (four side supported system, stainless steel internal frame with double curvature)

Glass type:

- double curved glazing, toroidal curvature

- insulated glass (IG) with Argon gas cavity filling

- external glazing unit: heat strengthened laminated glass (HS) with solar control coating

- internal glazing unit: heat strengthened laminated glass (HS) with low-e coating

Fixing system:

- bespoke articulated point fixing routels (designed and patented by JT Glass), stainless steel

Main structure:

- circular hollow section (CHS)

- bent section, free-form curvature

- stainless steel, satin finish