Design, manufacture and installation of tensed membranes to provide shade during CC Bonaire’s festival season. This project consists of 36 membranes spread out through the streets and plazas of the shopping centre. Ferrari’s microperforated canvas was selected as the best option. Architect: Ignacio Sánchez González Engineer: Gustavo Ramírez Lares Project Execution: Carpatec Customer: Ventux Exclusive, … Continue reading
This 25 x 30 x 4.5 m marquee was installed to allow for extra storage space for the Heineken factory in Madrid. The sides were enclosed with ‘sandwich’ panelling and sliding doors. Engineer: Gustavo Ramirez Lares Location: Fábrica Heineken Algete (Madrid)… Continue reading
This design provides shade for every entrance to the offices of this building in Alcobendas, Madrid. It also deflects all rainwater into the middle of the open courtyard. Engineer: Gustavo Ramírez Lares Construction management: Carpatec Location: Alcobendas, Madrid Date: … Continue reading
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These 9 paraboloids were installed in a public park in Pamplona, sharing lacquered steel masts. These membranes provide shade and rain protection for the park’s users. Engineer: Gustavo Ramírez Lares Architect: Ignacio Sánchez González Manufacturer and installer: Carpatec Location: Pamplona, Navarra… Continue reading
Design, manufacture and installation of 160 triangular membranes and 6 four-pointed paraboloids to provide shade throughout the Nerja streets of Cristo, Pintada and Puerta del Mar, Nerja’s old town. Verseidag’s microperforated membrane was attached to a network of cables to create this project. Textile Engineer: Gustavo Ramírez Lares Architect: Ignacio Sánchez González Manufacturer and installer: … Continue reading
Tensed textile cover for C.C. Fuenlabrada, Madrid Manufacture and installation of a 600m2 textile cover on the existing shopping centre, using tent-kedder to tense the membrane and hold it in place. Engineer: Gustavo Ramírez Lares Architect: Ignacio Sánchez González Manufacturer and installer: Carpatec… Continue reading
This stunning 25 x 35 meter cover, with a height of 10 meters, was designed to cover a sports centre in Boadilla del Monte, Madrid. The structure is formed of anodized aluminium arches and a tent-kedder system tensing the membrane along the structure and anchorage plates providing tension from the membrane to the base of … Continue reading
This 22 x 24 m tensed cover with a height of 11 meters was constructed over 2 parallel paddle courts in the La Rosaleda sports centre in Seville. A lacquered steel frame supports a Type I canvas joined onto it by tent-kedder. Engineer: Gustavo Ramírez Lares Manufacturer: CARPATEC Installing Company: Emotravez Construction Management: Ferrovial Location: … Continue reading
4 paddle courts in Madrid were covered using a 25 x 44 meter structure, with a height of 11 meters. The structure is made from lacquered steel frame and arches supporting a Type I canvas. The sides were enclosed with microperforated canvas with custom print. Textile Engineer: Gustavo Ramírez Lares Architect: Ignacio Sánchez González Manufacturer … Continue reading
This conical cover was installed in the old British Embassy for a Casa Decor celebration in 2013. It spans 13.5m in diameter, with a circular aluminium frame. The cone’s point is in suspended from the ceiling with a tension cable. Architect: Miguel Melendez-Moran Engineer: Gustavo Ramírez Lares Location: C/ Fernando el Santo, Madrid… Continue reading