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The Yamaha MotoGP hospitality is based on 3 semi-trailers which, side by side in a horseshoe shape, form the perimeter of the covered area. The roof is made using the patented Tensairity system, thanks to 5 inflatable beams 15 meters long. The beams are stowed on the roof of the kitchen semi-trailer. The façade, on […]
Textile facade as second skin of 1300 square meter for the Conciliazione auditorium in Rome, in order to replicate the surface of Michelangelo’s masterpiece: the Sistine Chapel. The show Last Judgment, directed by Maco Balich, is projected on this new surface carefully stretched thanks to tension profiles. The construction involved the executive design of the […]
Design and construction of the art installation designed by the Chinese studio MAD for Audi City Lab on the occasion of the Fuorisalone 2018 (Milano Design week). The installation consists of 1600 square meters of platform on which 1300 square meters of pools rest together with 4 platforms on which 4 cars are displayed including […]
The ETFE and wood combination is the marriage of the elegance and warmth of the glulam structure and the lightness and modernity of the fluoro-plastic ETFE film. The roof rests on a series of glulam half-arches and reaches down to the ground so as to shelter the goods storage area from water and wind. The […]
The project consists of 9 molded ETFE canopies that make up the cover of the exterior of the famous Jimmy’z nightclub in Monte Carlo. The 9 canopies were made of steel by calendering 163 and 219 mm tubulars. The structures vary in diameter and height from a minimum of 4 meters with a height of […]
The latest project for the Festival of Economics signed Monica Armani is an inflatable, light and delicate roof that covers like a cloud flexible and modular spaces that can accommodate offices, commercial areas and exhibition areas. A series of lattice beams parallel to each other support a parallelepiped-shaped cushion system. The aesthetic result is enhanced […]
Installation Off The Cuff The structure of the pavilion consists of 300 pairs of jeans. Using the trousers as a modular component, intentionally extrapolating the object from its context of reference (the human body) and adapting it to an architectural module, the project exploits the implicit formal structure of the garment. By connecting the jeans […]
ETFE roofs are often attractive in terms of aesthetics and lightness but not from the point of view of thermal performance. The case of the “Wintergarden” conference room of the Crowne Plaza hotel in Verona is emblematic. Maco Technology was apponted for the complete redesign of the envelope from the thermal point of view. The […]
An octagonal tensile structure of 140 square meters has been designed and supplied for an exclusive restaurant on the lake. The shape, characterized by a succession of high and low points, is elegant and clean at the same time. The double curvature is guaranteed by a difference in height of more than two meters between […]
In collaboration with Monica Armani Studio, Maco Technology engineered the steel and wood structure and pneumatic cushion covering of the new temporary pavilion provided to the Province of Trento for the most exclusive events held in the city but also on the ski slopes. The new, modular pavilion consists of steel and wood arches and […]
