piel

El edificio, aparte de su cubierta de
cobre, está revestido enteramente
de placas cortadas manualmente de
los árboles locales por los fabricantes
de lamas de madera de Engandine
Valley. Todas fueron tomadas a
la misma altitud durante el ivierno,
cuando la madera está seca, por lo
que esas placas no cambiaran de
tamaño. Simplemente clavadas, las
placas durarán aproximadamente 80
años, respondiendo ambientalmente
mediante un cambio de color. Todo
este revestimiento se encuntra soportado
por elementos metálicos,
una grilla de vigas ortogonales apoyadas
en ocho columnas inclinadas.
Una viga perimetral soporta
las placas exteriores.
The building, apart from the copper
on the roof, is clad entirely in larch
shingles, cut from local trees handpicked
by the shinglemaker in the
Engadine Valley. They were all felled
at the same altitude during winter
when the wood is dry, so that the
timber will not shrink. Simply nailed
to battens by hand, the shingles
should last for at least 80 years,
responding to the environment by
changing colour. The structural elements
that support the timber
superstructure in its elevated position
are made of steel: a grillage
of orthogonal crossbeams supported
by eight inclined steel columns. An
edge beam runs around the perimeter
and picks up the timber outer
shell, which comes down on the
cantilevering grillage and slab.
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sketch de Norman Foster