An Ice-Bar made from Pure Ice

A team of civil engineers from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) built an ice dome with 10 m diameter in Obergurgl using an ingenious construction method. Building structures from ice and snow is probably something everyone has tried in their youth. Today, using ice as a building material is also something which is being discussed by scientists. The research group supervised by Prof. Kollegger of the Institute of Structural Engineering is looking into ways of building large-scale, stable domes made of ice. Following a thorough preparatory and research phase, a new ice dome construction method is now being put to the test in Obergurgl - a world first. This structure, showing more than 10 metres free span, is now home to a bar - for as long as the temperatures are low enough. Using ice as a building material has actually been done before: entire ice hotels have been built in e.g. Scandinavia.
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