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and collaboration. “If a project like this were to go wrong, it’s at the critical interfaces where it will happen,” Mike said. “To deliver a complex project like this successfully, we needed the whole team’s buy in, including
the contractor, architects, roof consultants and, of course, our client. This wouldn’t have worked if we hadn’t had this collaborative approach from the beginning and right along the way.”
of generative and parametric modelling technology in the design phase. Structural ideas were placed into the different forms the architects were coming up with and tested quickly, before being finessed into the shapes that could be most easily built. Modelling also helped in satisfying Wimbledon’s Head of Courts and Horticulture, Neil Stubley, who is responsible for ensuring that the world-famous grass is kept in pristine condition. Thornton Tomasetti engineers utilised their in-house daylight modelling tool to demonstrate to Stubley that the right amount of light would reach the grass. It was the daylighting study that helped drive the final form of the roof, and informed how it should be operated outside of The Championships to ensure that the optimal amount of sunlight reaches the grass. But perhaps the biggest challenge was the
need for the court to be operational for the annual event throughout the three years of the project. The solution lay in completing the work in nine-month phases, which ensured that the court was left in a safe state for use every July. As Mike explains, this was a new challenge for his team: “We had never had to do this to the same extent before. We had worked on buildings where clients had taken small areas back, but never on this scale. This was only made possible by working closely with the client and the contractor, and instilling confidence and trust in the project team’s process and in our expertise.” The new roof was used for the first time
during The No.1 Court Celebration event on 19 May, which featured exhibition matches between former Wimbledon champions and musical performances, to the delight of Mike and the whole project team. “We’re proud to have helped create a world-class sporting venue with international status and reputation,” Mike said. And one that has consigned “rain stops play” to the past at Wimbledon’s No.1 Court.
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