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Tata Steel Creates Steel Pavilion for Hyde Park Triathlon
08/09/2011 - A design team from Tata Steel has been working to develop a pioneering spectator sports venue—the Tata Steel Pavilion—for this year’s Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship. It has been designed using post-tensioned structural steelwork based on Tata Steel’s Celsius© 355 structural hollow section tubular steel products.
A design team from Tata Steel has been working alongside race organizers and competition managers to develop a pioneering spectator sports venue—the Tata Steel Pavilion—for this year’s Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship presented by Tata Steel in Hyde Park, London.
This project is a continuation of the corporate partnership between Tata Steel and the British Triathlon Federation (BTF) to enhance and develop the profile of triathlon at elite level through the delivery of world-class events in the U.K.
The Tata Steel Pavilion will form the centerpiece of the event’s VIP area. The spectator enclosure has been designed using post-tensioned structural steelwork based on Tata Steel’s proprietary range of Celsius© 355 structural hollow section tubular steel products.
Matt Teague, Tata Steel’s Senior Design Manager, Construction Solutions, said: “The Tata Steel Pavilion brief called for a bespoke structure that would showcase innovative steel design, but also show restraint in materials used. The paired-arch design displays both a lightweight aesthetic and the potential of a stiffer structure that enables impressive clear-span capability.
“We believe we are the first company to apply post-tensioned steel technology as a solution for temporary sports infrastructure in the U.K. The result is flexible and sustainable: a two-story venue comprising a clear-span space to accommodate over 500 VIP guests, enhancing the presentation of a dynamic Olympic sport at a world-class event in one of London’s finest Royal Parks.”
The design of the Tata Steel Pavilion is based on well-known engineering principles and structural behavior, the company explained, determined by applying loads to a theoretical “string line” in much the same way as domed structures were designed in the 18th century. The design team adopted a similar process using string-line theory to size members in structural steel and to determine the amount of force with which to pre-load (or store energy in) the structure. The result is a clear-span, column-free environment.
The Tata Steel Group is one of the world's top 10 steel producers. With a combined presence in nearly 50 countries, the Group, which includes operations in India, Europe, and South East Asia, has approximately 80,000 employees across four continents with a crude steel production capability of 28 million tonnes.
