Berliner Builds the Biggest Spatial Net for Swarovski Crystal Worlds’ Playtower
Greenville, SC (PRWEB) July 06, 2015 -- The Swarovski Crystal Worlds, located in Wattens, Austria, is one of Austria's most visited attractions, bringing in an average of 600,000 visitors annually. Originally opened in 1995 to commemorate the company's 100 year anniversary, it recently expanded and celebrated a grand re-opening in April 2015 to encompass over 18.5 acres of land, over double its previous size. Three main elements make up the expansion, including a 65-foot playtower and adjacent playground, a shop entrance, and a cafe and restaurant area.
The playtower offers a variety of play experiences on four unique levels set on top of each other. Inside this glass tower, whose facade consists of 160 distinctive crystal facets, lies a nearly 46-foot tall, 3,425 cubic foot, spatial net where 120 children can be accommodated simultaneously. This is the largest such net ever installed inside a building, and it offers exciting and challenging experiences which also enhance and develop psychomotor abilities and visual thinking.
A spatial net consists of uniform, geometric spatial cells. With a classic rope-based play structure, the net is tensioned equally via symmetrically arranged tensioning points. The huge spatial net’s main tensioning points were attached to the openings provided in the steel framework via Berliner’s Astem TT tensioning system. Special ropes tailored to the building were attached to the spatial net’s sides and between the wood pit lining in the ceiling as well as the windows’ side between the steel construction. From there, an additional guy rope was connected to the spatial net using turnbuckles, restoring the important, even tension within the spatial net. For more than 40 years the company has been manufacturing playground equipment including three-dimensional nets, experience that has now paid off.
Playground enthusiasts can learn more about Berliner's wide variety of play equipment by visiting http://www.berliner-playequipment.com.
Derek Manet, Berliner Seilfabrik Play Equipment Corporation, http://www.berliner-playequipment.com, +1 864-627-1092, [email protected]
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