Catholic University Architecture Students Build Soaring Spaceframe In The National Building Museum’s Great Hall
The spaceframe debuts a new technology that could revolutionize spaceframe design, and showcases innovation, sustainability, and hands-on architectural learning through a multi-year collaboration between The Catholic University of America School of Architecture and the National Building Museum. WASHINGTON, D.C. —Architecture students from The Catholic University of America will build a massive floating spaceframe in the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., using sustainable materials and new technology that was designed in part by a student and professor at the University. This new approach could revolutionize spaceframe design and construction to be more sustainable, efficient, flexible, and affordable. Spaceframes appear in everything from geodesic domes and long-span roofs to solar arrays, aerospace systems, stadiums, and entertainment venues like The Sphere in Las Vegas. The Catholic University students will build The Wave, a soaring 180-by-55-foot, 4,300-pou...