Panorama hall – The further development of an almost 20-year-old idea

HP Gasser AG has been building airdomes for more than 20 years now – in Switzerland as well as abroad. Even then, the first projects were realized with small windows integrated directly into the fabrication. Since then, our task sheet has repeatedly included the request for window surfaces that can be integrated into large areas – a challenge that we meet with our “panorama hall”. What was originally planned for a swimming hall in 2014 and remained a concept, we were able to turn into reality this year for the Wohlen Tennis Club: an airdome with a view. The chosen solution consists of lightweight ETFE foil and opens up completely new perspectives for indoor athletes and spectators; from the playing action to the outdoors and from outdoors to indoors. We are particularly proud of the fact that we remain true to the lightweight construction with the large row of windows and thus also to the characteristics of an airdome – a decisive advantage during assembly and dismantling.