Canopy

Canopy is a retractable rain shelter designed for use in outdoor public sports facilities. Its purpose is to increase accessibility to outdoor sports in Glasgow, where on average it rains 170 days per year. It was designed with inclusivity in mind so that users of all ages and backgrounds will be able to operate it.

To facilitate this goal of inclusivity, a system of gears was designed that can deploy and retract the foldable tensile membrane with minimal input force from the user.