When the architect of the Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados found they had a wind-driven water-infiltration problem, they turned to Feature Factory President Julian Bowron for a solution. The result was .5km of engineered, hurricane-proof 316 stainless steel high-capacity gutters and robust tension-fabric rainscreens.
Images used under license from Feature Walters
The napkin sketch by JB
A modular, catilevered design was developed, which mounted to the high-tensile framing of the tension-fabric structure
To drill the high-strength HSS, a custom drilling rig was detailed by Meike Fiedler, an industrial design intern from Germany.
The rig performed flawlessly
View of banners and eavestroughs installed
View of wind-resistance testing: Each 2' square bag of sand weighs 50lbs, equivalent to 25 lbs / psf of wind pressure
