Grandstand-roof,Canodromo de Madrid

Name of building
Grandstand-roof,Canodromo de Madrid 
Construction year
1961 
Structural system
Folded Plate 
Primary use
Canodrome 
Architect
 
Architect2
 
Structural engineer
Florencio Del Pozo 
Constructor
 
Professional
 
Country
SPAIN 
Address
Via Carpetana 50-68?,Madrid 
Means of transportation
walking 600m from Metro Carpetana.
Bus #17 from Plaza de Mayor. 
Admission
outside:OK inside:NO
at the time of events only. 
Reference
➀IASS Bulletin No.9,front cover,photo of a test model.
➁IASS Bulletin No.57,August 1975,p.6,Fig.17
③IASS-1985 International Congress for Theory and Experimental Investigation of Spatial Structures Application of shells in Engineering Structures,Moscow.1985,...Vol.5.p.225-227. 
Note
Cantilever:17.5m front.6.5m back.
thickness:10~28cm
length:117m

Dog racing was abolished around 1990.
Currently a bicycle stadium.

Structurol model tests were done by Florencio Del Pozo.

[photo taken on January 31,1996] ④-146. 
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