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In Madrid, the Puerta América hotel creates the event
and Précontraint® Colour Design sets the tone.
Located at 41 Avenida de
América the new Silken Group
hotel is creating the architectural event of the year.
A dozen world-class architects
contributed to its design;
among them Jean Nouvel
designed the facade.
he latest Silken hotel baby is
the Puerta América — a unique
project. Here clients can live an
e x p e r i e n c e t h a t i s b o t h r a re a n d
exceptional. In Hotel Puerta América
patrons discover the best in design and
architecture where light, textures and
fittings work together to gratify the eyes
and the senses. Each of the 342 rooms
in this five-star hotel beckon the client
to enjoy large numbers of shapes and
materials. Each floor was entrusted to a
different architect.
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Located near the business district and
the main thoroughfares of the Spanish
capital, the hotel stands out first and
foremost by its outstanding facade, the
work of French architect Jean Nouvel.
The hotel front consists of two asymmetric 13-floor wings opening out at
150° onto the city, around a triangular
service shaft with transparent elevators,
beneath a cap symbolizing the headpiece of the Statue of Liberty.
T H E PR O J E C T D E TA I L S
Fabric reference / Surface area
Précontraint® Colour Design : 18,800 m2
Précontraint® 1002S : 700 m2,
Installation date
2005
Architect
Jean Nouvel et Alberto Medem
Outfitter / Installer
Iaso (Spain), Enviai (Italia)
FERRARI®
Textile architecture Précontraint 1002 S
Borrowing Eluard’s poem “Liberty”, this
famous though unlikely headdress that
dominates Avenida de América was
made using Précontraint® 1002S. Jean
Nouvel used the same text in every
language on blinds that fold and unfold
at will that were his choice to drape
the bedroom window basements. The
building has its colours too, going from
yellow in the south to blue in the north,
via orange, scarlet, purple and violet.
A magnificent architectural mission
but also a veritable technical challenge
for the Ferrari ® Group laboratory that
developed six special colour shades for
the Précontraint® Color Design range.
Our technicians developed a special
colour chart and carried out aging tests
ARCHITECTURE
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WORLDWIDE
to ensure the colours will
stand up to UV and be
long-lasting. “It’s just the sort
of project we like to tackle.
It proves the technical qualities of our products but also
highlights the reactivity of
our specification service and
the work of the lab teams
involved”, stressed Pascal
Nordé, head of the Ferrari®
Group’s solar protection
market. On the borderline
between solar protection
and architectural textiles
the project also revealed
the richness of the Ferrari®
range.
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• INTERNATIONAL:
Special infrastructure textiles.
• SWITZERLAND:
Soltis® 86 goes to the museum.
• THE NETHERLANDS:
Batyline®, a screen for a showcase.
Stamisol®, a waterproof-breathable
facade
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TE XT IL E A R C H I T EC T U R E - SP ECIA L SPORTS INFRA STRUCTURES > I N T E R N AT I O N A L
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Précontraint® membranes in fine fettle
All around the world, from the Karaiskakis stadium in Athens to the Istanbul Formula 1 circuit, not forgetting the Dallas
football stadium, Précontraint® membranes are setting the pace as a fabric reference for architectural textile roofing
projects in stadiums. Let’s take a little tour around some successful projects of the past two years, then home in on the
unique Ferrari Group technology.
small teams. This time factor was of considerable importance for the Karaiskakis site,
as it was too for the Faro stadium in Portugal
where several Euro 2004 matches were
played.
Lords Cricket Club (London - UK) - 2005
n recent years technical textile solutions
have often won the day in stadium roofing
projects. It’s true there’s no shortage of
convincing arguments. Project managers
and contracting authorities most often
explain their choice by mentioning aesthetics,
flexible shapes, lightness and brightness,
transparency and resistance but also
respect for the environment.
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■ Aesthetics and freedom
in the choice of shapes
Only textile-covered structures enable such
diversity of shapes whatever the sizes involved, and the architect’s inspiration is fully
respected right down to the most minute
details. Thus it was with the Karaiskakis
Stadium that required revamping for the
2004 Olympics; the membrane covering the
beam ends did a perfect job — it snuggles
round the metal shoulders just like the
enviable "hang" of a tailor-made jacket.
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■ Safety, long life
and long-lasting development
Known and renowned worldwide by building
professionals, Ferrari membranes are made
using the unique patented Précontraint®
technology that guarantees exceptional
design stability, long-term controlled behavior
and homogeneity from batch to batch.
Numerous qualities that can be summed
up by a telling argument — proven reliability
over the short and long term. In the field of fire
safety, Précontraint® membranes are Fire
rated M2, B1 or Euroclass.
Lastly, architectural textiles can easily
and rapidly be taken down without any
pollution and the fabrics are then 100%
recycled in the Ferrari® Texyloop plant. A
perfect illustration of this is the Lords Cricket
Club structure that has recently been
completely rejuvenated with Précontraint®
1002 Fluorinated ® T2, while leaving the
recycling of the original membrane in the
capable hands of Texyloop®.
■ Lightness, brightness
and transparency
Permanent zenithal lighting spreading
across whole surfaces is a primary characteristic of architectural textile projects:
this means that such areas benefit from
real added value in terms of well-being.
What’s more, the twin-curved design is
synonymous with reduced numbers of
load-bearing structures, thereby opening
the way to broad, free spans. The David
Beckham Academy building in London,
designed to welcome 15,000 children has
a very wide free span and includes two
full-size soccer pitches under a 100-foot
(30m) high ceiling.
■ Swift implementation
and long term adaptability
Workshop making-up of textile structures
enables the assembly of large panels that
can be deployed in record time on site by
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Karaiskakis, Olympics 2004
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Formula 1 circuit (Istanbul), 2005
Faro Stadium, EURO 2004
FC - Dallas - 2005
David Beckham Academy - 2005
MingHang / Shanghai / CHINA
Faro / PORTUGAL
Dallas - Texas / UNITED STATES
London / GREAT BRITAIN
Fabric reference / Surface area
Fabric reference / Surface area
Fabric reference / Surface
Fabric reference / Surface area
Précontraint® 1202 T2 and Précontraint® 402
3,700 m2 + 1,110 m2
Précontraint® 1302 Fluotop® T2
10,168 m2
Précontraint® 1002 T2
400 m2
Architect / Study Bureau Membrane
Architect
Architect / Study Bureau Membrane
Précontraint® 1002 S,
single skin outer membrane
15,800 m2 of floor surface
Mr Su Xu-ling (Shangai),
Tong Ji Architectural Institute
AARQ Atelier de Arquitechtura (Lisbon),
W.S. Atkins (UK)
Greg Whittemore & Randy Shear
Outfitter / Installer
Outfitter / Installer
Architen Landrell (UK)
Outfitter / Installer
Outfitter / Installer
Fabritech (California - USA)
Beijing N&L Fabric Technology Co.
Cenotec (Germany)
Gymnasium, 2004
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SOLAR PROTECTION - SPECIAL MUSEUMS > SWITZERLAND
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In Berne, Soltis® 86
is protecting the paintings of Paul Klee
Architects Renzo Piano chose Soltis® 86 textiles for the facades of a unique building that has
already received more than 100,000 visitors since it opened three months ago. This choice was
imposed by the desire to preserve the painter's fragile paintings.
But looking beyond the splendor of the
collections and the originality of the project,
the Bern event was also architectural, with
a unique creation by architect Renzo Piano
who rose to the challenge of "creating a
space that reflects naturalness — something
Mother Nature herself could have created,
but didn't". The Soltis® 86 role in this event
was significant, especially in the protection
of very exposed works… "we had to be
part of an aesthetic project while at the
same time helping to combat direct glare".
n Berne, the Zentrum Paul Klee [Paul
Klee Center] consists of three artificial
hills.
The central hill is home to the Ber n
painter's works, the North hill contains
a multi-purpose hall, an auditorium and a
children's museum, while in the South is a
research center.
With some 4,000 works, the Zentrum Paul
Klee houses the world's biggest collection
of paintings, watercolours and drawings
representing each of Paul Klee's creative
periods. The guiding mission of the Center is
to scientifically display the artistic, pedagogical and theoretical works of Paul Klee, with
understandable presentations for visitors.
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■ Atmosphere and transparency
Renzo Piano's wish was therefore to create
a floating atmosphere of light and transparency. But total mastery of lighting levels
was also required — especially in the exhibition areas — to avoid jeopardizing the
quality and lifespan of highly light-sensitive
works of art (see box). This stipulation —
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• For specific applications, Soltis® 86
(23 colours) is the ideal textile for
a balance between essential solar
protection and open-work facades
that allow light to filter through.
• Soltis® 86 eliminates up to 86 percent
of solar rays, thereby contributing
to the creation of bright, high quality
ambiences and heat management of
buildings.
• Soltis ® 86 also provides increased
visibility toward the exterior while
ensuring much-appreciated visual
comfort in many different situations.
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together with the unusual geometry of
the buildings where 150-meter-long glazed
surfaces soar at their highest points to 19
meters — gives an idea of the importance
of the choice of fabrics and the challenge
of installing them.
■ A light, stable luminous filter
This is why, to avoid direct noonday light,
the museum is fitted on the west facade
with broad Soltis® screens that filter and
soften the light.
The challenge lay also in the height of the
fabrics, so the natural choice was Soltis®
for its stability qualities, especially diagonally.
"Soltis® had the best lightness to stability to
light filter ratio…" explains Morten Petersen,
the architect charged with the project.
■ Technical and esthetic blending
If we add to these technical qualities the
presence in our range of shades of twin
aluminum and gray-beige that specifically
meet the wishes of the famous Italian
architect, it's easy to understand why the
Paul Klee museum has confirmed the efficiency of Soltis® textiles for solar protection
of our cultural heritage buildings.
GO EASY ON THE EYES!
Restorers recommend lighting values of
50 to 100 lux for the works of Paul Klee.
You should know that on a sunny July
day values of 100,000 lux are frequently
measured.
> Soltis®… nicely exposed!
Soltis® composite textiles are no newcomers to museography. They are among the most
frequently prescribed fabrics for museums, as our "photo gallery" shows.
T E C H N I C A L D ATA
Référence:
Soltis® 86 gray-beige aluminum colour
Surface area: 2,700 m2
Exterior blinds:
• 42 vertical blinds (3.5 m high)
• 63 overhanging blinds
(variable heights, from 2.5 m to 8 m)
• 51 vertical blinds (from 2m to 9m)
• 18 folded roof blinds (6m)
The Louvre Museum (France)
The Gothenburg Museum (Sweden)
Heidelberg Museum (Germany)
Museum of Asian Arts in Nice (France)
Architects:
Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Paris
and ARB Arbeitsgruppe, Bern
Study bureau:
Ove Arup & Partners, B+S Engineers
Facade specialist: Juchschmid
Installer: Storama
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INTERIOR TEXTILE ARCHITECTURE > THE
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Batyline® is in the Utrecht Cockpit!
A high-class Dutch car dealer created an architectural event when he built the Cockpit, an outsize
building installed beside the A2 highway. And incidentally gave Batyline® textiles a wonderful
opportunity to show off their qualities.
this single-shape building where no two parts
are the same size. Ferrari Link's permanent
homogeneous elasticity guarantees highly
accurate and consequently good-looking
installation. Its synthetic components also
ensure a longer-lasting performance than
natural latex straps.
■ Aesthetics and performances
Polyned brought to bear its more than thirty
years of experience in outdoor and indoor
architectural textile projects to create a true
design achievement. "The design of the
site itself encouraged us to turn to flexible
materials", Polyned's project manager
Mr. Molenaar explained. "For the interior
— the showroom where the vehicles are
— we recommended Batyline® for its qualities of transparency, esthetics and flexibility
not to mention its fire rating, an essential
factor in this type of project", Mr. Molenaar
went on. He also appreciated the mobilization of the Ferrari Group’s specification
department on this project.
T H E PR O J E C T D E TA I L S
Architects
Oosterhuis (http://www.oosterhuis.nl)
Outfitter
Polyned/NL
Surface area
2,600 m2
otorists driving along the A2 at
Utrecht are in for a stunning visual
jolt. Swinging round a long curving
stretch they discover a spectacular building
whose willowy lines slice out into space with
a look in perfect harmony with the universe
of fine automobiles.
This complex however is no Pino Farina
film set, it's the work of Oosterhuis the
architect. Oosterhuis dreamed this one
up for Hessing, a concessionaire for Rolls
Royce, Lamborghini, Maserati and Lotus
among others. The structure is a jewel-case
worthy of such automobiles. This is a building
whose lines and materials had to evoke the
world of elitist thoroughbred cars while also
creating a genuine sound barrier. Thus was
born the idea of a cockpit-style building.
To carry out their mission the architects
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took a close peek into the world of cars,
aeronautics and water sports. "We studied
the streamlined shapes and concepts of
several cars, motorboats and jets that
minimize air resistance", explained Professor
Kas Oosterhuis.
■ An exceptional project that required
equally exceptional techniques
and products.
The choice of Batyline® to drape the walls
facing the glass front was based on its
excellent design stability and its easy
application to large complex surfaces. The
'fabric' finish of Batyline's matt finish open
weave texture surface integrates perfectly
into these sober but luminous volumes
while at the same time providing essential
acoustic absorption performances. Batyline®
covers the ceiling and extends along the
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curved walls as a continuous surface that
reinforces the building's aerodynamics.
Tensioning with Ferrari Link elastic straps
allowed considerable flexibility — vital on
Product reference
Batyline® HM, Alaska (2,800 m2)
and Ferrari® Link
A WATERPROOF-BREATHABLE FACADE SCREEN > T H E
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In Utrecht, Stamisol® Color is contributing to the environmental
integration of two large-scale buildings for the Daimler Group.
documentary evidence of trial results.
We had to be sure too that the material
would be unconditionally accepted, both
technically and in terms of scheduling.
Working for Daimler
(Automotive Group HQ) in
Utrecht in the Netherlands,
Stamisol® Color membranes
were chosen for a project to
construct two administrative
buildings within an existing
complex.
Environmental integration was
a core concern for architect
Roberto Eduard Meyer
and Multiplan promoter
Rene J Raaijmakers.
R.R.: For us, as project managers, these were
indeed crucial elements. But our ambition
was to strike out beyond the technical requirements. What we wanted was to produce a
building that would blend perfectly into the
environment and that would also, as time
went by, enhance the image of the building's
owner.
We were also aware of the comfort and
long-term safety aspects. Stamisol® directly
contributed to achieving these goals. We were
completely won over by its reliability, plus all
of its features and its undeniable aesthetic
qualities.
Mr. Meyer, you designed these two
administration buildings.
Would you like to tell us a little more
about your concept?
Roberto Eduard Meyer: We had two huge
structural shapes to build that had to blend
into the environment. That's why we decided
to use glass because it would reflect the
immediate surroundings. My aim was to
create a visually multidimensional facade by
merging the reflections produced by the sun
with the pure effects of the colour and the
silkscreen printed glass.
You chose to marry glass with
Stamisol® Color membranes;
what led you to make this choice?
R.E.M.: Multidimensional facade cladding
interests me most of all because of the interaction between the various inter-supporting
layers. We tried out various models in order
to see which one would best produce the
effects of a multidimensional frontage. The
combination of glass with green and gray
Stamisol® Color rain shields allowed us to
toggle freely between light and shadows.
This gives the observer an impression of
constant and unpredictable changes. This in
my opinion is what really brings the facade
to life.
> FOCUS :
Stamisol® Color
Stamisol® Color is a breathing, rainproof,
windproof, UV-resistant membrane.
Stamisol® Color comes in 9 shades and
is designed to fit in perfectly behind
suspended and ventilated facades. The
wide choice of colours allows architects
considerable design freedom. Stamisol®
Color is a polyacrylic facade screen that
comes with a 10-year warranty.
glass was screen printed and positioned
around the building like an uncut ribbon.
Mr Meyer, Mr Raaijmakers, what were
the actual key points of this project?
R.E.M.: For Multiplan, the developer, it's clear
that the main preconditions were reliability,
the lifespan of the building and permanent
UV resistance. As well as the operating characteristics we also had to submit detailed
Features:
• open to diffusion
• compatible with all supports
• long-term UV resistance
• can be glued on architecture
T H E PR O J E C T D E TA I L S
Architects
Meyer en van Schooten, architects,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Project Promoter
Multiplan, NL-`s Hertogenbosch
Surface area
5,200 m2
How exactly was Stamisol® Color
applied?
R.E.M.: It was glued directly onto a substructure fixed by aluminum pins; this structure
also maintains the insulation in place. The
glass elements were attached using slightly
sloping horizontal sections so as to obtain
the required visual effects. What's more the
Cladding
silkscreen-printed glass panels
Facade water-proofing
Stamisol Color turquoise 50132
and gray 50137
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PRÉCONTRAINT FERRARI® TECHNOLOGY
The specification service
■ The unique features of Ferrari Précontraint®
Ferrari® guarantees real help at each stage of your project.
At the project design stage the Ferrari® specification teams
prospect for projects and convince deciders of the value of textile
solutions. Our international specification organization is in tune
with your projects.
The specification service has an extensive data base and a large
selection of technical documents at your disposal.
composite membranes and textiles — and their
many benefits — are recognized by building
professionals everywhere. They are made
under a prestressing (i.e. "précontrainte")
pressure of the order of one tonne per meter
throughout the manufacturing process. This
exclusive patented technology gives them
essential architectural properties that include:
- exceptional design stability
- very long life.
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