For the Master Tennis Cup this year in Shanghai, the plan is to make it the most spectacular event ever in its history. Architect Mitsuru Senda vowed to work for three consecutive years on this marvelous construction for the 2007 Master Cup.
The awesome construction was designed with a moveable Magnolia top – known as the typical flower of Shanghai. The structure is 40 meters high, and with an area of 30.649m2. With the capacity to hold close to 15,000 people, it is sure to please the eyes of all the participants inside the stadium.
Although the stadium is quite massive in and of itself, the most impressive feature of the construction is the floral design that contains the 8 “petals” of the Magnolia top which open and close within an 8 minute time span.
Architect: Mitsuru Senda
I like the tessellating idea for a roof. Engineering it seems to be a challenge too. :-Þ
Very elegant. I wonder why the sections have to be so huge? Hoberman will have to one-up this feat. http://hoberman.com/portfolio/irisdome-moma.php?rev=0&onEnterFrame=%5Btype+Function%5D&myNum=12&category=&projectname=Iris+Dome+at+The+MoMA
Very elegant. I wonder why the sections have to be so huge? Hoberman will have to one-up this design.
http://hoberman.com/portfolio.php
This is a good example of why we need architects to collaborate with Engineers in order to design a “structure ornamentalized” building. A challenge that could only be undertaken by one of the most prolific present architects in Japan, Mr. Mitsuru Senda.
I was fortunate to have been working with this tenacious Architect whose power of imaganation and creativity is limitless.
Nami Marandi
Los Angeles