Steel Glass Roof Structure

Designed for easy installation and long lasting good looks wasco s metal framed skylight structures are available with a broad range of quality glass glazing options and versatile design possibilities for a fully customized configuration.

Steel glass roof structure. The exposed structural steel roof framing members create a dynamic rhythm of light and shadow an effect inspired by sacramento s tree lined streets. Wayfinding was integral to the design with unobstructed views across the public spaces a visual connection to the central circulation spine and ample outdoor views. For a different appearance steel t or box sections can be used to support the glass joints within a glass roof. Seele designs and builds plate and shell structures in single or double curvature structures such as glazed roofs and atria and curving roofs with amorphous forms.

The strength and stiffness of steel is such that supporting elements are of smaller section and therefore less obtrusive than would be the case with other commonly used materials such as aluminium. In the hands of international façade construction specialist seele steel and glass are turned into seemingly weightless building envelopes. Tubular and tension elements are used in atrium roofs and vertical facades to form elegant and minimally intrusive support for glazing. Large deflections can be managed by careful detailing of fixings to glazing such that local bending of the glass is avoided.

Or gridshells cable net façades and tubular structures in complex forms with multiple glass infill panels.