Wimbledon Centre Court Roof Design

It is considered the world s most famous tennis court.

Wimbledon centre court roof design.

The grass is sacred says populous principal dale jennins of the courts at london s all england lawn tennis club. It incorporates the clubhouse of the all england lawn tennis and croquet club its only regular use for play is during the two weeks a year that the championships take place. Designed and put in place by hightex 5 200m of folding ptfe polytetrafluoroethylene fabric concertina will protect centre court from inclement weather. The all england lawn tennis club aeltc had installed a retractable roof on the centre court in 2009.

The roof can be safely operated in wind speeds of up to 43mph 69kph. On 17 may 2009 centre court at the all england lawn tennis club aeltc in wimbledon tested the functionality of its new retractable roof with upgraded 15 000 seat capacity. May 17 2019 tenara 4t40hf fabric. So when jennins team was designing a retractable roof for the centre court the main stage of the wimbledon tennis championship the most important thing to determine was how not to block the sunlight that feeds the world s most visible patch of grass.

As the all england club unveiled the retractable roof at centre court yesterday that will lead to the biggest scheduling shake up in wimbledon s 132 year history organisers admitted indoor. The wimbledon championships 2019 roof has been an important addition to the event in recent years. Wimbledon centre court redevelopment london. After the success of the retractable roof on the centre court the club installed another roof on the no 1 court this year.

Prior to the 2009 championships wimbledon centre court roof was tested at a special centre court celebration in may of that year which saw past champions playing in front of a capacity 15 000 strong crowd. Structural steel design awards 2009 winner.