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The University of Tasmania built three such sheds at their Mount Pleasant site. Two have been made available to the Astronomical Society of Tasmania for use as their observing site.
I have found a photo of one of the sheds on their Facebook page. The left hand half of the roof rolls back on the exposed rails you can see in the photo. You can also see the wall panel that hinges down and rests in a horizontal position supported by a post that is just visible in the photo. An equivalent panel hinges down on the opposite wall.
Unfortunately there are some design faults. The most serious is that the sheds are too high, restricting the amount of visible sky. The solution is to raise the scope and floor in that half of the shed.
Let me know if you would like more info or more photos to show the detailed design solutions.
Steve
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