Spaciotempo builds temporary market hall in Chesterfield
UK-based Spaciotempo has completed a temporary market hall in Chesterfield on behalf of Chesterfield Town Council to house 14 traders as the town’s existing hall undergoes a £3.6 million ($5.8 million) facelift.
The temporary market hall has been built on an open space called New Square. The installation process was complex because of the Square’s cobbled surface, historic plane trees and sloping surface. The cobbles as well as trees had preservation orders, which made the process difficult as the construction team could not go higher than 3.2m at the eaves. Further challenges were a host of fibre optic cables and utility pipes buried beneath the surface, which meant no sinking of supports.
Spaciotempo started the task by lifting the historic cobblestones and moved them to a place of safety. Then a total of 20 concrete pillars were casted, each one metre thick. Varying in heights, all pillars were slightly embedded into the ground. A 300 square metre platform floor was then erected, creating a level surface. The next step was to erect the aluminium frame, followed by steel and uPVC wall panels and, finally, a double skinned inflated thermo roof system for the roof and gables.
It took three-and-a-half weeks to erect the building.
