Canopy
A flying roof is a roof that appears to float or to fly.
to form
So that an independent is often roof - building a shelter meant that usually only on supports resting or with ropes and pylons is braced and which is not part or upper closure of a building or other structure. Unless they rest on (columnar) supports, collar often far beyond the supporting columns outside and seem to float like that. In tent constructions , the floating effect is often created by barely visible suspension and tension ropes.
A flight roof is also used to refer to roofs that rise above the roof terrace of a building or that are cantilevered on the facade of a building.
Flying roofs are often flat , monopitch or butterfly roofs as well as free, bold or curved structures. A flying roof that rests on a single, central support is often also called a mushroom roof.
Applications
A flying roof in the form of an umbrella covers open spaces / areas of the outside space , such as parking lots, petrol stations, platforms, grandstands, stadiums, storage areas, public spaces, outdoor stages, etc. The area to be protected from precipitation remains essentially as open space. A well-known example is the Expo roof on the Hanover Exhibition Center . Sometimes there are also smaller (e.g. pavilion-like or flat) buildings under the flying roof . Flying roofs can also be used to create space in front of the structure.
Occasionally, a flight roof is also used as a final design element on high-rise buildings, such as on the Columbushaus, and to combine structured structures.
history
Suspended roofs were already known in the 17th century when they were used in the manner of a vestibule to protect the wooden half-timbered sleepers.
literature
- Flight roofs and Weser tiles. Worpsweder Verlag, 1990.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfgang Halfar: The Oberschlesischen Schrotholzkirchen. 1980, p. 63.