Project Info:
A 'supershed' was the ideal solution for the main train shed – an industrial building of considered design, providing flexible, durable space. Here, a 100m wide, 190m long arched roof covers eleven maintenance bays. The economical long-span structure provides good daylight and eight metres of clear headroom above the tracks. The parallelogram shape of the building suggested the use of a diagrid rather than a conventional orthogonal grid, and this generated the concept for a space-frame roof. This is supported by tree-like columns which spread the load onto the v-shaped supports at the perimeter, and is cut with diagonal slit windows allowing sunlight to flood the space below.
One of the first buildings to be completed on the Jubilee Line Extension, this was Fairgate's first major new-build project.