Central City - Atrium Roof Surrey, British Columbia

The 4,000 space truss members and 900 nodes create a curvilinear roof of 37,000 square feet, spanning up to 100 feet above the floor, suspended by clusters of timber “tree branches” and a central “king post” truss. Ten member types, all structurally tested and constructed from timber peeler cores, a by-product of the plywood industry, are linked together at custom designed node-castings. We hand framed this seven-foot deep truss into place on a working platform, removing the supporting scaffolding in phases.