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ETFE foil, 3-layer-cushion, Space center

  • ETFE foil, 3-layer-cushion, Space center
  • ETFE foil, 3-layer-cushion, Space center
  • ETFE foil, 3-layer-cushion, Space center
  • ETFE foil, 3-layer-cushion, Space center
  • ETFE foil, 3-layer-cushion, Space center
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Categories: Exterior walls / Facades › Facades › Membrane facades
Product description

The rockets stand proud behind a transparent pneumatic membrane facade. Thirty-eight ETFE cushions offer a clear view of Sputnik & Co. built according to the design by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners. The Rocket Tower with its transparent sheath was an architectural and astronomical challenge.

The open-air ambiance called for a special design that stretched the outer limits of ETFE technology. Some of the largest cushions are more than three metres high and 20 metres long and curve along a radius of some ten metres. The north face cushions can be disassembled to provide a large opening to accommodate large new exhibition items.

Another application where Hightex's position as a world leader in creating tensile structures and fabric architecture in tensioned membranes such as PTFE, PVC, and ETFE is realised.

All Pictures: National Space & Science Centre, Leicester, United Kingdom
Architect: N. Grimshaw & Partners, London, UK

Articles about ETFE foil, 3-layer-cushion, Space center
Expanding space
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Expanding space

8/8/2011

While NASA – following Atlantis' return to Earth – bids a weepy farewell to manned space flight, an exhibition by Slovakian artist Roman Ondák at Kunsthaus Zürich revives that atmosphere of euphoria once associated with man's exploration of outer space. What, asks Roman Ondák, has become of the Soviet Union's Sputnik, which in 1957 became the first satellite to be launched? Did it really burn up when re-entering Earth's atmosphere? Or is it still out there, orbiting the planet?

Manufacturer:
Hightex, Germany

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