Current Situation and Solution: Application of Interior Tension Canvas – Transforming Space and Optimizing Function
In modern interior design, the creation of unique, functional and artistic spaces is an urgent requirement. Tension fabric is an innovative solution, providing the ability to transform interior spaces into exciting, artistic and aesthetically pleasing environments. From the renovation of museum galleries to the creation of luxury holiday tents or impressive exhibition centers, tension fabric has proven its versatility and outstanding efficiency. Below are typical projects that demonstrate the perfect combination of tension fabric and advanced design principles, from aviation airflow equations to the concepts of nature and technology.
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Technical Requirements Analysis & Solution Context
Large-scale interior spaces such as museum galleries, resorts, or conference centers often face the challenge of controlling light, sound, and temperature while creating an engaging and unique user experience. Traditional materials can be heavy, limit the ability to create dynamic shapes, and are not optimal for sound insulation or natural light regulation. The need is for a material solution that is lightweight, easy to install, highly customizable in shape and color, and can integrate technology to create immersive visual and acoustic effects, while also being environmentally friendly and contributing to reducing stress for occupants.
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Technical Solutions
Interior stretch fabrics offer a comprehensive solution, from optimizing light and sound to creating unique and impressive architectural forms.
The Winton Gallery – A wonderful combination of interior canvas and mathematics
New Mathematics Gallery at the Science Museum (Science Museum) is the first permanent public museum exhibition designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The design of this $900\text{m}^2$ space is driven by the equations of air flow used in the aviation industry. The layout and contours of the gallery express how air would flow around the historic 'Gugnunc' aircraft at its centre, from the placement of the display cases, to the precast concrete benches, to the three-dimensional curved surfaces of the central floating shell structure. While the layout is clearly created through the dynamics of movement, this is tempered through the creation of a new space: a 'vortex' that brings groups together and encourages individuals to interact. The project is completed to exacting standards, robust enough to handle $3.5$ million visitors per year, demonstrating that architecture can be central to successful development.
Rosewood Tented Camp – Experience nature from interior canvas walls and doors
Area Rosewood Tented Camp in Luang Prabang, Laos, used tensile fabric structures, especially interior tensile fabric for the walls and doors, to create a luxurious resort tent that attracts many tourists to the UNESCO World Heritage site. Great architect Bill Bensley has deployed a resort tent model next to luxury villas, using reinforced canvas material for walls and windows. This material not only creates a lot of light for the space but also absorbs maximum solar heat, warms the interior to limit mold, helping tourists immerse themselves in wild nature in the most authentic way.
Marvel Dome – Impressive interior insulation and projection canvas
Marvel Experience is a work that uses Dome structure stretch canvas to act as an exhibition center, and at the same time use interior stretch fabric to enhance the effect of the exhibition space. Interior textile architecture, whether on walls or ceilings, not only provides a beautiful interior, but also helps reduce noise pollution, increase light reflection, reduce interior construction costs and is known to reduce stress for building occupants. The interior stretch fabric here is designed to be combined as a projection screen, creating a strong visual impact.
The Bubble – Interior canvas with many concepts
Hugo Cifre's 'The Bubble' Project (European University of Madrid) and Miguel Angel Maure Blesa (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) received an award at the 'Textile Structures for New Buildings' competition during the event Techtextil, due to TensiNet co-organised. This pneumatically powered walk-in cube has a square layout and is approximately $4$ metres high. The entrances are elegantly integrated with interior stretch canvas, which becomes effective when the cube is under a slight positive air pressure, drawing visitors 'in' inside. Another project is 'Airdapt' by Rebecca Schedler (Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin) has developed an adaptable kinetic wall system that divides large rooms into smaller work areas that can become more or less transparent and more or less sound absorbent as required.
Oracle – Interior canvas creates a unique highlight
During the refurbishment of the atrium of one of the UK's largest computer companies, Architen Landrell has cooperated with Pringle Brandon Perkins + Will to realise the idea of a modern, vibrant red, suspended fabric sculpture. Seemingly floating without support, the structure is a majestic, dynamic spectacle in the vast atrium, reflecting the strong brand colours. To accommodate other uses for the space, the structure is designed to be completely removable without the need for power, using a remote-controlled winch. Quick-release connections at the end of each fabric panel allow for simple and efficient re-installation.
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Results and Performance Evaluation
The application of interior stretch fabric has brought about outstanding efficiency in transforming interior spaces, optimizing both function and aesthetics. Typical projects have demonstrated the ability of stretch fabric to create unique architectural forms (inspired by air flow, honeycomb, or abstract concepts), effectively control light and temperature, significantly improve the sound quality in open spaces, and integrate dynamic projection and lighting effects. Flexibility, light weight, quick installation, cost savings and adaptability to many uses (from galleries, resort tents to office spaces) are outstanding advantages. Interior stretch fabric is not only a decorative material but also a comprehensive technical solution, contributing to creating interesting, artistic and functional living and working spaces, while promoting sustainable construction methods and reducing stress for occupants.
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Contact Technical Consulting
Flexiiform is a professional Tensile Fabric design and construction company in Vietnam. With a team of well-trained and skilled Architects and Engineers, we are proud to be the only unit in Vietnam to receive professional advice from FasTech Company – The leading design and construction company of tensioned fabric structures in Thailand, with nearly 30 years of prestige and experience in the industry and successfully implementing more than 1,000 tensioned fabric projects in Thailand and Southeast Asia. With the strength of creative ideas in tensioned fabric architectural design, along with practical construction methods, Flexiiform is confident to bring the most optimal solutions for each specific project.
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