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Starfield Hanam denotes a regional mega shopping mall in Hanam, a district on the eastern outskirts of the metropolis of Seoul. This mall along the lines of American malls, a multi-storey building with a sales surface of over 140,000 sqm, was built as the largest one-stop shopping mall throughout Korea.

The project consists predominantly of two big parts “Sky Light North” and “Sky Light South”.

The optically predominant North Roof is made from a classical barrel roof with variable spans and a free-curved separation between the glass and opaque roofing. The North-East Roof also consists of a roofing of glass and a standing seams roof, and panels. Here, a barrel-shaped roof with a free-curved separation between the glass and opaque roofing was realized.

The South Roof, too, has a roofing of 40 percent glass and 60 percent panel or metal sheet. It is a very flat barrel roof with a variable span. The special characteristic of it is that the bearings on the North and South side (main supporting area) are positioned on different heights, making the roof a static challenge.

In total, approx. 600 tons of steel over 10,200 sqm are clad with glass and panels.

MERO-TSK supplied the complete engineering and design of the skylights as well as the material for the complete steel supporting structure (nodes, tubes, bearings) and provided supervisors for the installation work by others. Because of the short construction time, the MERO design with screwed connections was very suitable, since it guarantees simple and efficient working on site.