Current Situation and Solution: Design and Construction of Hue Tension Canvas Canopy – Optimizing for Climate and Cultural Identity
Hue, a tourist city located in the middle of the S-shaped strip of land, is famous for many historical relics and landscapes. Hue's special climate, located in the tropical monsoon region but with a transitional character from the equatorial zone to the inland tropics, creates two distinct weather trends: hot and dry and cold and rainy. In this context, investment in architectural works and infrastructure in Hue is always of interest. Hue's canvas roof construction has since been noticed by many architects, because it helps preserve the local cultural identity, ensures effective use in the specific climate conditions, and enhances the experience for visitors.
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Technical Requirements Analysis & Solution Context
Hue, as an ancient capital and cultural tourism center, has many historical relics and natural landscapes that need to be preserved and exploited effectively. The two-season climate (hot and dry and cold and rainy) requires flexible roofing solutions to ensure comfort for visitors and protect buildings. Traditional roofing solutions may lack aesthetics, flexibility for large spaces, or are not optimal for integration into heritage landscapes. The need is for a roofing solution that is lightweight, durable, easy to install and maintain, and can be customized to harmonize with ancient architecture or natural landscapes, while providing modern conveniences such as light, temperature and sound control.
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Technical Solutions
Hue Tensioned Canvas Roofing is a versatile solution, taking advantage of the tensile fabric structure to meet the specific requirements of the city.
Applications in space dome construction
The space dome (spherical tent) is an ideal solution for large spaces, suitable for many purposes. The outstanding advantage is that when used for a larger area, its structure is lighter, contributing to reducing costs and materials. The sphere tent creates a usable space that is not obstructed by columns or beams, creating a free creative space, improving sound, lighting and creating surround sound effects to attract user experience.
Application in construction of tourist area roofs
Famous tourist areas in Hue such as Bach Ma Village, Thac Mo Tourist Area, Alba Thanh Tan Hot Spring, welcome a large number of visitors every year. The canvas awnings used here are highly demanded for their aesthetics, beautiful and unique shapes, and can bring a unique cultural feature to each area, becoming an important factor that investors and architects are interested in.
Application in the construction of coastal landscape roofing
The structure of the canvas roof covering the landscape of the sea (Thuan An Beach, Canh Duong Beach, Lang Co Beach) not only meets the functional use but also increases the aesthetics, creating a highlight to attract tourists. With diverse roof forms and compact structure, this solution breaks the heaviness of glass or plastic roofs, optimal for large spaces that need to span, ensuring an open and airy space.
Application in roof construction of historical relics
Ancient architectural works in Hue such as Minh Mang Tomb, Gia Long Tomb, Khai Dinh Tomb, Hue Imperial City, can apply tensile fabric roofing systems to optimize the visitor experience. The biggest advantage is that it requires minimal or no maintenance, compared to traditional buildings of the same size, helping to preserve historical value.
Application in the construction of glamping tents
With the trend of experiential tourism close to nature, the resort tent model - glamping tent are very popular at outdoor camping sites in Hue (Bach Ma National Park, Thien An Hill - Thuy Tien Lake). The stretched canvas structure is an effective choice, helping to harmonize with nature but still ensuring basic utilities, meeting difficult transportation requirements and preserving the original ecosystem.
Application in landscape roof construction
Canopies from tensile fabric structures for landscapes (Truc Lam Bach Ma Zen Monastery, Ngo Mon Square) are based on calculations of steel structures and tensile strength of the fabric, creating functionality and appropriate aesthetics. The combination of strong lines of steel structures and soft curves of the fabric material brings about a stunning beauty, especially in projects imbued with national cultural identity.
Application in construction of roofs for pedestrian bridge areas
At pedestrian bridges (Lim Wood Bridge), Hue canvas roofs, once installed, can be easily removed when not in use. With its flexibility and superior characteristics, canvas roofs are easily chosen for large-scale projects, or civil works in diverse or harsh climates.
Application in resort roof construction
Hue owns many resorts such as Angsana Lang Co, Banyan Tree Lang Co, Ana Mandara Hue Resort & Spa. The application of canvas roofs at resorts not only helps to enhance the aesthetic beauty but also optimizes the space. The structure of the resort canvas roof resists the harmful effects of ultraviolet rays, has the ability to transmit natural light up to 25%, creates evenly diffused light, no shadow, no glare, good color rendering, and effectively combines with night lighting.
Application in construction of roofs for resort swimming pool areas
The swimming pool area is a place for visitors to relax. The canvas roof for this area needs to create a fresh feeling, get a lot of sunlight but not cause heat, discomfort, and at the same time prevent harmful UV rays and insects. The outstanding feature is the use of triangular and quadrilateral sail umbrellas to create a unique architecture to cover the swimming pool.
Application in airport roof construction
Phu Bai Airport, the bridge between tourists and Hue, has a construction architecture that is always focused on by architects to optimize functionality and ensure unique characteristics. The tensioned canvas structure has many superior properties and high durability, specially designed to withstand harsh weather conditions, providing maximum protection for the project from rain, snow and harsh sunlight. The highlight is the ability to transmit or block UV radiation from direct sunlight, suitable for placement at a reception point for many tourists such as the airport.
Application in the construction of roofs for stadium stands
The construction of stretch canvas roofs in the sports roofing system in Hue (Tu Do Stadium, Swimming Pool System) has been researched and widely applied. With superior properties in terms of technique, material, and shape, stretch canvas helps with flexible application, ensuring the audience's seating area is airy, expanding the view, shading and blocking harmful UV rays.
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Results and Performance Evaluation
The application of Hue canvas awnings has proven to be highly effective in addressing climate challenges and meeting the needs of tourism development and heritage preservation of the city. These solutions not only provide effective protection from hot sun and cold/humid rain, but also optimize space, create unique architectural highlights, and enhance the visitor experience. Flexibility in design, quick installation, light weight and easy maintenance contribute to minimizing investment and operating costs. These awnings help the buildings not only be sustainable but also have a modern, professional appearance, in harmony with cultural identity and attract visitors, contributing to the overall development of the locality.
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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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