DISCUSSION OF PAPERS 9620-9623. TSIM SHA TSUI CULTURAL CENTRE: INTRODUCTION; FOUNDATIONS AND SUPERSTRUCTURE; ROOF SYSTEM.

DISCUSSION Tsim Sha Tsui Cultural Centre: introduction; foundations and superstructure; roof system E. Happold, J. Morrison, T . Ealey,'E. Pugh, P. Kelly, D. Wakefield andM. J. Cook B. P. Pritchard, W. S. Atkins & Partners My first question concerns the shape the of building, which required ridges at the intermediate supportsof the cable roofs. However, the architect wanted a smooth unbroken profile. This meant variable depth claddingon top. Would it have been possible, if the ridges had been architecturally acceptable, to design the structure with justa very thin uniform depth cladding on top, or was it necessaryto have some sort of space above purely insulation for purposes,? 2...