South
Waterloo Greenway, Moody Amphitheater
The City of Austin and the Waterloo Greenway Conservancy teamed up to create thirty-five acres of community spaces. SGH consulted on building enclosure design for the amphitheater.
New Orleans, LA
DesCours Festival, Hover
Scope/Solutions
The DesCours Festival transforms New Orleans’s French Quarter and Business District with public art and architecture exhibits scattered throughout the neighborhoods. Howeler + Yoon Architecture’s installation for the 2007 festival was Hover, a canopy constructed of connected nylon cells illuminated by LED lights and powered by photovoltaic cells. SGH provided structural engineering services for the project.
Howeler + Yoon Architecture envisioned the temporary structure as a kit of parts that could be scaled up or down and adapted to a variety of venues, increasing the potential for future installations.
SGH designed a net of high-strength steel cables to support the nylon cells from above without impeding the solar exposure or views to the sky. We chose a net configuration to allow adjustability in attaching the canopy to surrounding buildings in the courtyard and connecting the individual cells. By providing flexibility, we helped the project team design and install the canopy within the short schedule. We also envisioned the net would gently release should a festival visitor pull at the canopy cells.
SGH was present during the installation at the festival site and helped develop solutions to accommodate unforeseen conditions, including wrapping a cable around one courtyard building to support the net and identifying appropriate attachment locations on other buildings.
The installation existed for eight days and was one of the most popular features at the festival with the suspended solar powered canopy harvesting energy by day and illuminating the courtyard at night.
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Project Summary
2007
Completion Date
Award
Winner
Solutions
New Construction
Services
Structures
Markets
Culture & Entertainment
Client(s)
Höweler + Yoon
Additional Projects
South
Dickies Arena
The City of Fort Worth wanted a new arena to host events ranging from major concerts to premier sports to the rodeos the area is famously known for, including the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. SGH provided building enclosure consulting services for the new area.