From the outset, the Arup design team recognized that the successful delivery of this roof structure needed a fully integrated approach to the architectural and structural design, and subsequently construction. Arup established a common interface to allow the parametric intelligence to be established in Digital Projects
(DP), Rhinoceros or Oasys GSA (Arup’s structural analysis package) to be transferred between the software. The DP model was then linked to the Arup's GSA model, allowing optimization of the roof’s form from varying truss depths, layout to arch rise and other parameters that define its geometry. The efficiency of this process allowed the team to iterate through numerous design solutions.