Fig 46- Built Unbuilt Relationship- The Lord’s

Area Analysis: The Lord’s Structure and Roof Form: The Lord’s

Fig 49- Warner Stand Study Source- https://www.theplan.it/eng/architettura/warner-stand-at-lordscricket

Warner Stand

A white, translucent insulating tensile fabric membrane has been selected for the roof over the restaurant, which is the first use of this material in Europe. The fabric is supported by American White Oak “engineered” beams that form a series of structural “ribs”, which cantilever over the seating tier, radiating dramatically from the corner of the Ground.

Inferences:

1. Longest Beam- 23400 mm (23.4 m) in length Beam Depth- 1000 mm Beam Width- 355 mm Longest Cantilever- Around 12000 mm (12 m)

2. The canopy provides protection from the elements (rain and sunlight), whilst the translucent qualities also ensure that spectators benefit from both shade and natural light.

Structure and Roof Form: The Lord’s

Compton and Edrich Stand

The canopy’s exposed timber shell structure and steel ribs support a white fabric skin, a nod to the tensile fabric used elsewhere in the ground.

A steel frame was chosen for speed of construction, combined with precast concrete terracing.

Inferences:

1. Concrete and Steel construction has helped in achieving larger spans, which allows area behind the stands to be used as cafes, bars and washrooms.

2. Timber is used as a bracing member rather than a structural member, which helps in supporting the tensile fabric around it.

Fig 50- Compton and Edrich Stand Study Source- https://www.ribaj.com/buildings/lords-cricket-ground-edrichand-compton-stands-london-wilkinson-eyre; https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=tUKJYlXPIIs; https://www.david-miller.co.uk/lords-compton-edrich.php Fig 51- Media Center Study Source- https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/david-miller-architects-revamps-lords-cricket-ground-media-centre https://www.theb1m.com/video/lords-media-centre-when-cricket-metbim

Structure and Roof Form: The Lord’s

The pod is made from 26 three-metre aluminium sections that are welded together, sanded down and spray-painted.

The advantage of this method of construction is that it provides both a waterproof shell and the structural elements in one material.

The window wall that looks out onto the pitch is made from toughened laminated glass, inclined at 25 degrees so that it does not reflect sunlight into the eyes of the players.

A new 30m, 23-tonne, steel camera gantry was suspended and cantilevered forward from the underside of the shell, greatly improving television coverage and closer in design to Kaplický’s original concept, lost through value engineering in the ’90s.