Danpalon cladding at the Melbourne Cup
The project called for a two storey temporary hospitality pavilion in the
Birdcage enclose sure during the 2006 and 2007 Melbourne Cup Spring racing carnivals. The
agreed brief was to provide a facility of unsurpassed comfort, amenity and architectural
quality within five months with a marquee type budget. Chris de Campo of de Campo Architects
discusses the challenge,
"To meet ambition, budget and time constraints inventive necessities took hold to achieve
the anticipated result."
Chris explains that the final solution was to "customise a mature light weight aluminium
structure technology to meet our two storey cubic form and designated floor voids which could
then be cut down and re-used as standard items in the hire industry." The structure was able
to accommodate an inflatable PVC roof plane that included a central clear section to the sky
with primarily Danpalon cladding around the walls.
"The idea was to present a dynamic enclosure of crystalline and cinema to graphic qualities
that celebrated technology and the spirit of the occasion. An environment that was insulated,
ventilated and inspiring - supporting an atmosphere of transparency, reflection and interaction."
Along with the hybrid of technologies came an inventive hybrid of contracts and payment deals
that made the project meet budget and present the finished product on course within five months
from agreement to Derby day."
For further information contact:
Danpalon Australia
phone: 612 9475 2000
fax: 612 9475 2020
web: www.danpalon.com.au
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