CluBarham Bowling Green Canopy

CluBarham Bowling Green Canopy

Project Details

Location: Barham, NSW

Completion Date: September 2022

Size: 1906 sqm

Fabric: PTFE - Chukoh FGT800

Client: Barham Services Club

Photography: © Nicholas Brennan * CluBarham

The CluBarham Bowling Green Canopy, completed in mid-2022 is another fantastic example of a large-span tensile membrane roof used for a sporting application.

The Concept

The 1906 sqm PTFE lawn bowls roof is an example of MakMax TensoSport-MAX Hawksbill leaning-arch style canopy. This striking visual design employs leaning arches and valley cables to create the exciting sawtooth profile.

Basic 3D render of CluBarham Bowling Green Canopy

The Materials

The lawn bowls roof is clad in PTFE, a highly-translucent and long-lasting tensile membrane. PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) coated high translucency glass fibre fabric is a dynamic tensile material unmatched for its aesthetics and durability, making it ideal for tensile membrane structures and shade structures.

PTFE has approximately twice the translucency of PVC – this means that the lighting level on the CluBarham green will be up to twice the lighting level of a PVC alternative. This will improve visibility for club bowlers and is less likely to require artificial lighting during daylight hours – resulting in energy savings for the club.

CluBarham Install

With the project straddling the difficult COVID-19 period of 2020-2021, border closures and lockdowns made the installation phase especially challenging. When state borders finally reopened in 2022, MakMax’s expert membrane installation partners, Sky Skills Industries and SkyMaze Industries joined forces to complete the job. Check out more installation photos here.

The Result

The CluBarham Bowling Green Canopy played a large role in the overall club redevelopment works. Speaking to Llyod Polkinghorne from The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper, Barham Bowling Club president, Reg Scott, said he found himself in a privileged position to see the club advancing.

“From old to new, and this new is just fantastic. It’s going to be so good that it is going to blow people away. We’ve had people coming off the street the last couple of days we’ve been open, or they want to join membership socially, we want to be able to play bowls here.”

Read more about the opening night celebrations.

 

Project Details

Location: Barham, NSW

Completion Date: September 2022

Size: 1906 sqm

Fabric: PTFE - Chukoh FGT800

Client: Barham Services Club

Photography: © Nicholas Brennan * CluBarham