Current Situation and Solution: Pier Canopy – Essential Architectural Solution for Modern Piers by Flexiiform
For many people, the pier is an area that is always sunny and windy, so it seems unnecessary to install a roof. However, with the current development trend, the pier is not only a place to anchor boats but also a place that attracts tourists to come to walk around and sightsee, especially in coastal tourist areas. For this reason, a pier roof is extremely necessary and practical to enhance the visitor experience, protect users from the effects of the weather, and increase the aesthetic value of this public space.
Technical Requirements & Context Analysis
Wharf and port areas are often exposed to harsh weather conditions such as intense sunlight, heavy rain, strong winds, and especially the humid, salty environment of the sea that causes material corrosion. The need for an effective shelter solution is huge to protect visitors, passengers and infrastructure. Traditional shelter solutions (such as concrete, heavy steel) are often bulky, unsightly, susceptible to corrosion and require high maintenance costs in the marine environment. This places a technical requirement on a lightweight, durable material that is resistant to corrosion, UV rays, storms, and must be flexible in design to create an attractive space. To design an optimal wharf shelter, these factors need to be considered comprehensively.
Technical Solutions and Implementation Process
Flexiiform's tensioned canvas pier cover solution is developed based on a thorough analysis of requirements and actual conditions, combining advanced materials and professional construction processes.
How is the pier canopy designed?
To design an optimal pier canopy, specific technical and context-specific questions need to be answered:
- Desired Shape and Size: Determine the architectural shape (curved, straight, sail, dome…) and the required coverage size to suit the scale of the pier and surrounding space.
- Material and Color: Choose the type of tensile fabric (PVDF, PTFE, ETFE...) and color that matches the overall architectural style, while ensuring the desired technical features (UV protection, insulation, light transmission).
After determining the basic requirements for the pier canopy, you need to provide the location of the pier installation (on an island or along the mainland coast), what is the weather like in the installation area, are there frequent storms or tornadoes? Clearly defining these requirements will help the design unit easily provide options that suit personal preferences and local weather conditions. The result is a pier canopy that is highly aesthetic, ensures safety, effective use and complies with legal regulations when complying with all technical standards.
Tensioned canvas pier canopy designed and constructed by Flexiiform
The pier canopy designed by Flexiiform is made from high-quality stretch fabric, with many advantages in design, shape and application. Unlike traditional materials that are often pre-sized and difficult to shape, stretch fabric can completely turn the pier canopy into an architectural work of art while still having all the characteristics of an effective sun and rain shelter.
Flexiiform's implementation process includes:
- Analysis and Form Selection: After receiving the request, Flexiiform's team of architects will propose suitable forms.
- Force and Structural Analysis: Flexiiform uses specialized software to analyze the impact force (e.g. wind speed) on the material surface, thereby determining stress parameters and analyzing load-bearing structures (steel frames, cables) accurately.
- Detailed Design and Testing: The connecting details of the pier roof system are designed separately, suitable for each project, ensuring safety and optimizing costs. After that, Flexiiform will deploy construction drawings and perform actual technical inspection.
- Processing and Installation: All steel frames, tensioned canvas, cables and necessary accessories for the pier canopy are processed at Flexiiform's factory using imported machinery and equipment that meet international standards (such as CNC cutting machines, high-frequency wave presses, marine cable presses). This prefabrication minimizes installation risks at the construction site. The installation time at the construction site is extremely fast and has very little impact on the landscape and environment around the pier canopy.
Results and Performance Evaluation
Using tarpaulin pier covers brings outstanding advantages and clear efficiency:
- Self-cleaning: Because the tarpaulin has superior properties such as self-cleaning with rainwater and anti-fouling, the maintenance process of the pier canopy is quite simple and quick, reducing operating costs.
- Withstand harsh weather: The weather in coastal areas is very sunny, high humidity, and often exposed to large storms. The tarpaulin pier cover is designed to be durable and safe, avoiding the situation of roofing being blown off and rapid deterioration under the impact of the marine environment.
- Long life: Depending on the type of tarpaulin the customer chooses (for example, PTFE can last up to 30 years), the tarpaulin pier canopy has a lifespan of 5 years to over 30 years. After a period of use, customers can completely replace the tarpaulin while still keeping the steel frame structure intact, optimizing long-term costs.
Contact Technical Consulting
Flexiiform is proud to be one of the leading units in Vietnam providing solutions for designing and constructing tensioned canvas. The predecessor of FasTech company, Flexiiform team gathers experts with over 10 years of experience in the industry and a team of consultants providing solutions according to the requirements for a variety of models and projects at home and abroad.
To learn more about the services and products we confidently provide, or to receive expert advice on dock roofing solutions and products architectural stretch canvas Other, please contact:
Flexiiform Company Limited
Website: https://flexiiform.vn/
Phone: +84 867 868 830
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