"Spare the environment." This call to action is heard round the world and challenges industries to tread softly around Mother Nature. But sometimes compliance is more easily said than done. "Green" initiatives may seem cost prohibitive or difficult to implement. Logistics, terrain and weather may provide obstacles.
Read MoreWith all the transportation-oriented clients Geometrica has served since 1992 (and even a generation earlier), we considered entitling this article "Planes, Trains and Automobiles!" We hope you enjoy "traveling" with us through an album interspersed with nostalgic projects and modern space frames, all envisioned by clients of Geometrica's trademarked system.
Read MoreElectric power, solid fuel, waste management, sustainable energy... Geometrica is a global expert in long span applications for energy generation and power plants. In a "look back" at power generation projects. These applications help make the storage of coal, petcoke, biomass, compost and recyclable products a reality.
Read MoreCaserones construction involved unprecedented challenges due to its rugged location, freezing temperatures, high winds, low ore grade and scarcity of resources. The Caserones domes are designed to withstand a rugged environment involving snow loads that reach 800kg/m2 and wind pressures of up to 300kg/m2.
Read MoreMining has also taught an entire sector the meaning of the word “green” — a design factor in which Geometrica specializes.
Read MoreOne hundred meters. It's a nice round number, about the length of a football field. Or one thousandth the distance to space. And a heck of a long way for any roof to span without columns.
Read MoreGeometrica was pleased to be featured in the July 2014 issue of Gulf Construction Magazine.
Read MoreGeometrica is pleased to play a part in the overall picture as an international supplier of long span storage domes that help insure such port stockpiles are environment-friendly.
Read MoreArtful use of geometry allows lightweight gridshells to span vast expanses of space. They provide all the efficiency of geodesic domes, but with playful forms and whimsical support conditions. Geometrica calls its gridshells "Freedomes®", its registered trademark for these structures in use since the mid 1990s.
Read MoreSince humans first began congregating in spiritual spaces centuries ago, they have practiced their faith within vast interiors of inspiring heights. Today is no exception as architects design prayer and assembly spaces with modern materials and innovative building systems.
Read MoreGeometrica proposed a bold and very different solution, a Freedome®, Geometrica's trade name for a free-style dome. The concept immediately inspired Percy Diaz to sketch a free-form plan. Geometrica considered the scope and scale of the new vision and confirmed that the Freedome could be built without increasing the budget.
Read MoreGeometrica supplied three bulk-storage structures for Carthage Cement's new plant in Djebel Ressas. The plant began to take shape in late 2010 and was completed in 2013. Designed to produce 5,800 tons of cement per day, it is now Tunisia’s largest and most technologically advanced cement plant.
Read MoreGeometrica's structural system attracted the attention of the director of PHB Weserhütte, S.A.'s technical department, José Ramón Prado, who saw Geometrica's Aguas Teñidas domes at a copper, zinc and lead mine in Andalucia, Spain. The combination of strength, beauty and flexible construction appealed to Prado, and he was further impressed with the economy of the Geometrica system.
Read MoreSurfaces that curve in opposite directions carry all sorts of awkward monikers: “warped,” “anti-clastic,” “minimal,” “inverse curvature,” “hyperbolic parabola.” Geometrica calls its own such structures Hyparwave™, which we hope more accurately reflects their beauty.
Read More“It’s beautiful,” said Bishop Agyinasare. “It is the largest auditorium in Ghana. You can see it from four or five miles away. When the sun is shining . . . ooooooo! And it has strips of translucent cladding so that, at night, you can see a big halo with light. It’s an awesome sight. “
Read MoreThis article details the background and construction of a coal storage circular dome for Indonesia’s largest fertilizer producer, PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur (Pupuk-Kaltim). Geometrica was selected based on the company's ability to meet Pupuk-Kaltim's very specific logistical and environmental needs.
Read MoreFreedome® is Geometrica's trademark for free-style domes. These domes provide all the advantages of circular domes, but with a non-circular plan. Using the inherent strength of doubly curved surfaces Freedomes may clear spans up to 1000 ft (300m) and often are shaped to be the lightest structure to cover a specific free-form area.
Read MoreWhen you live on an island, blue skies and sunshine are a normal and natural part of your life. So when architect René Acosta Jr. was appointed to create the new Children’s Museum building in Carolina, Puerto Rico, he chose to make natural light and an ever-present view of the sky the signature for his breathtaking design.
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