Pneumatic dome in the school of architecture at the university of Valladolid/Spain

Abstract

The article contents a description of the design and erection process of a pneumatic dome, set up by the last year students of the School of Architecture at the University of Valladolid in order to obtain a covered space, wide enough to celebrate an exhibition of construction materials. A brief description is made of the calculations as well as the fases of patterns definition, joining, site works, reinforcements, erection and maintenance through ventilators. The text is completed by a collection of deawings and pictures of the whole process.