During the feasibility study, our partners from the engineering company ARUP (London) have proven that the scheme is technically feasible. The church sculpture can be built and can be made strong, stiff and durable.
STRUCTURE
The sculpture is composed of 41 steel piles with heights between 12 meters (nave) and 25 meters (tower) above mean sea level.The construction is comparable to that of offshore wind turbines.
MONOPILE FOUNDATION
Carbon steel piles would be driven into the seabed by a jack-up barge, after that the transition piece will be grouted onto it and the upper parts will be bolted onto the transition piece.
TUBES
The upper part will be composed of a transition piece (stainless steel) and an upper tube section above (stainless or coated carbon steel). The purpose of the transition piece is to provide a way of positioning the tube construction above water as close to its theoretical location and verticality as possible.
WIND
The tubes are themselves strong enough to resist wind and wave forces and by adding mass (e.g. sand filling) they can be made stiff enough not to be susceptible to cross wind excitation.
