Based on a project by architecture firm DC10, Maco Technology was commissioned to engineer and construct a 3d rhomboidal cell facade coated with ETFE. The facade aesthetically and energetically upgrades a building in Mind District, i.e., the former Expo area in Milan. The project consists of 78 panels divided into 6 different types including 4 […]
The hospitality structure designed and built for Feel Racing and Ducato MotoGP, together with Maccarinelli, is the biggest structure at the moment in the paddock based on semi trailes. The roof is made of 5 tensairity beams with a span of 14 meters and it is connected on the side traliers which are 2 stories […]
Hospitaity structure based on 2 semitrailers. The roof in based on 6 arch-like truss beams, covering 14 meter span. The beams are designed to be divided in 3 parts for easier storage. The membrane used for the roof is double layer to improve the internal comfort. The facade is made of policarbonate panels and are […]
The Liberty theater Kursaal Santa Lucia in Bari has a new roof made out of digitally printed ETFE pillows. The new wintergard is now the top cover of the building. The shape and the decor has been design by the artist Alfredo Pirri, taking inspiration from the liberty stile of the building. The result is […]
Based on the design of the Studio Vedi, in collaboration with Maccarinelli, Maco Technology produced the new hospitality for the official Yamaha MotoGP team for season 2021. Due to covid restriction, the structure is lighter and faster to assembly compared to the official bigger structure designed by Maco Technology in 2018. The structure is connected […]
Probably one of the most beautiful tensile structures for private villas made by Maco Technology, it consists of a tensile structure based on 3 cable-stayed pillars and 3 wall connections. The shelter, in the beautiful landscape in front of the sea, allows you to easily use the garden protected from the sun and rain thanks […]
The tensile structure for the RAI headquarters in Turin is an 85 square meters membrane tensioned canopy. it is stretched between the walls of the building and through a 9.5 meter pillar, cable stayed. The pillar is held in place by 3 cables. The roof collects water on the perimeter adjacent to the building and […]
The Italian pavilion for Expo Dubai 2020 was designed by Carlo Ratti Associates, Italo Rota and Matteo Gatto in collaboration with F&M Ingegneria. Maco Technology provided its consultancy for the architectural and structural design of the roof of the pavilion made up of a series of ETFE cushions of different shapes and sizes. The complexity […]
The shelter for the entrance to the camping resort was made of steel and ETFE pillows. The structure consists of 72 ETFE cushions of different shapes and sizes for a total of 550 covered square meters. The cushions are 2 layers: the external one is printed in order to shade the area underneath.
In order to improve the aesthetics of and old industrial warehouse built in different period of time, a textile panel facade was designed. The textile façade consists of a series of aluminum panels hooked to the existing building by means of a an aluminium frame substructure punctually hooked to the building. The aluminum frames allow […]
