To meet this requirement the architects chose a new wood protection system.
Metropol parasol roof.
In fact it looms over archeological ruins which have been incorporated into a museum.
The metropol parasol has no roof and must therefore rely on a different form of protection from the damaging effects of weather.
It has dimensions of 150 by 70 metres and an approximate height of 26 metres and claims to be the largest wooden structure in the world.
The metropol parasol is the world s largest building to be held together primarily by glue.
Metropol parasols mix used character initiates a dynamic development for culture and commerce in the heart of seville and beyond.
The building is popularly known as las setas de la encarnación.
It was designed by the german architect jürgen mayer and completed in april 2011.
It is located in metropol parasol and shows the remnants of a roman colony with roman mosaics and houses from the first century ad.
To meet this requirement the architects chose a new wood protection system.
Metropol parasol is situated within the seville s historic medieval sector.
The roof of metropol parasol antiquarium setas de sevilla the antiquarium is an archaeological museum located 5 meters below street level.
This long spanning structure measures up to 492 feet long 246 feet wide and 92 feet high.
The site area cover by this project was around 18 000 square meters with the building area of 5 000 square meters.
The metropol parasol has no roof and must therefore rely on a different form of protection from the damaging effects of weather.
The honeycomb umbrella roof is.
Metropol parasol is a wooden structure located at la encarnación square in the old quarter of seville spain.
The exposed pressure treated wood is covered with a waterproof but diffusion permeable 2 3 millimetre thick 2 component polyurethane coating.
Its appearance location delays and cost overruns in construction resulted in much public controversy.
The exposed pressure treated wood is covered with a waterproof but diffusion permeable 2 3 millimeter thick 2 component polyurethane coating.