Space frames – multifunctional.

Canopies, domes, halls, towers and bridges: we advise you on your space frame project – drawing on our own experience in design, fabrication and erection.

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Production hall with PAN space frame

1978First space frame projects

Numerousstructures built in Germany and worldwide

2001Austrian Award for Good Industrial Design

19981st Architecture Prize, University Sports Institute Vienna

Experience

Since 1978 we have built numerous space frames – from canopies to domes, in Germany and worldwide.

Node systems for many forms

PAN node systems support domes, barrel vaults, pyramids, towers, bridges and glass roofs – in steel or timber.

Advice grounded in practice

Our advice is based on our own experience in design, fabrication and erection – on the ground, at height and by helicopter.

Versatile in use

For industry, retail, transport and public clients – from halls and façades to towers and border crossings.

Illuminated space frame canopy at a border crossing at night

Applications

Where space frames are used

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Factory entrance with glass-roofed space frame

Canopies and entrancesMain entrances, driveways, factory gates

Pyramid-shaped glass canopy on a space frame

Domes, pyramids, glass roofsDomes, barrel vaults, pyramids, walk-on glass ceilings

HallsProduction, retail, sports, storage

Car dealership showroom under a space frame

Car dealerships and pavilionsSales pavilions, car canopies

Roadway canopy at the Germany–Poland border crossing

Border crossingsRoadway canopies, checkpoints

Mobile phone mast with space frame ring platforms

Towers and advertising structuresMobile communications, advertising towers, signs

Space frame protective roof over historic arcades

Protective roofsProtecting historic buildings, construction sites, weather protection

Temporary space frame footbridge at Neubiberg station

Bridges and footbridgesPedestrian bridges, temporary bridges, walkways

Space frame lighting truss in a hall with a vaulted ceiling

Event and lighting trussesHalls, stages, exhibition stands

Looking up into a lattice mast with ball nodes — Ball nodes and members: looking up into a lattice mast

The system

Node and member – that is all it takes.

Members are bolted into nodes to form a three-dimensional structure. This allows large spans with few columns and almost any shape. We know the following phases from our own practice.