Tent/Shade Parking Cover Thing

Seriously, that's the best I can call it. I am sure some one knows the technical name but, I have no idea.

Saw this while driving about. Had the NEX-6 and 30mm Sigma attached.

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I would simply call this a Tent Structure - Tensile Membrane Structure if you want to be posh

First to use it on a grande scale was Frei Otto for the Munich Olympics in 1972

the reason for this to be glazed was so the cameras could pick out the crowds of spectators & the athletes in the field - originally planned for all Grp / tent panels which made camera panning problematic

ie Photography influenced Architecture


Link - File:Munich - Frei Otto Tensed structures - 5293.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
 
As a side note - The Structures of the Marsh Arabs made from bundles of reeds are flexible / organic / sustainable & capable of provide large spaces shelters

in my student days we were told that the shape & the fluting of the stone columns (Egyptian / Greek) was derived from structures made from reeds - not having photos at that time we sort of dismissed that as poetic nonsense


Marsh Arabs - Google Search
 
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