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Smulders was responsible for the delivery and assembly of the steel roof constructions of the courthouse of Antwerp.

The project consisted of:

• 26 small shell roofs (18 tons each)
• 6 large shell roofs  (24 tons each)
• Salle des pas perdus
• Connection bridges/ lift shaft

The shell roofs are shaped like a hypar shape (hyperbolic paraboloid). The roof construction exists of a wooden shell, 120 mm insulation and watertightness existing of one completely welded inox skin.

Project data:

• Client: Justinvest/Regie der Gebouwen
• Architect: Richard Rodgers 
• Weight: 1,545 tons of steel