During the reconstruction of Dresden’s castle the small courtyard got a 41 x 25 m sized cupola.

This consists of a bending-stiff grid made of rectangular profiles and 261 foil cushions with an edge length up to 2,8m and a diagonal length up to 4,1m.

So a foyer develops suffused by light for the nearby art exhibitions.

formTL
structural design film cushion, workshop design film cushion

architect
Peter Kulka/Dresden

cushions manufacturer
CENO TEC/Greven

published
glas online 6/2009

photo
Jürgen Lösel (1)
CENO TEC (2,3)

covered area
1.092 m²

double layer cushions
ETFE with 250 µm