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"Track" sports are the big players at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.  And a major player on the Yanqing track, for bobsleigh, skeleton and luge, is also Solaris. Our company produced and installed the solar shielding that keeps the ice rink in optimum temperature and stability conditions.

 An enormous effort was made to provide state-of-the-art facilities in the Yanqing mountains between Beijing and Mongolia, where the National Sliding Center designed by the China Architecture Design and Research Group (CADG), China's national architecture body, was built. The Olympic track is absolutely avant-garde in terms...

After intensive planning and research work from the end of 2021, the world's first adaptable skyscraper was opened. It is located on the Vaihingen campus of the University of Stuttgart. The demonstration skyscraper is 12 stories high and will also be part of the international building exhibition IBA'27. It was created as part of the SFB 2144 Collaborative Research Center "Adaptive Shells and Structures for Tomorrow's World" at the University of Stuttgart. The building is about 37 meters high and consists of sensors and actuators that make it possible, for example, to use an intelligent control concept to compensate...

Over the last decade, the bobsleigh and luge tracks of the Winter Olympics have all been "protected" by Solaris Tende, a company from the Padua area specialising in the installation of sun screens and textile facades. The Turin Winter Olympics, the Sochi Winter Olympics, the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the forthcoming Beijing Olympics have all had, and will have, Solaris branded sunscreens.

The challenge is to design and manufacture a solar shading system that can withstand wind, snow, rain and low temperatures to allow optimal sealing of the slopes. Not only that, but the most...

The Greenary, a private residence built around a ten-metre tall ficus tree, is a farmhouse redesigned by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati in collaboration with Italo Rota. The house is in the Emilian countryside and belongs to entrepreneur Francesco Mutti, managing director of the company of the same name, world famous for its tomato products. Greenary: a play on words between "green" and "granary", is built around a sixty-year-old ficus tree named "Alma" which dominates the centre of the living space. Linear and "perfect" design, an ideal environment for combining natural elements and...

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The next TensiNet Symposium 2023 will be organized in collaboration with Nantes University in May or June 2023. The focus will be on Membrane architecture: the seventh established building material. Designing reliable and sustainable structures for the urban environment. The 3 main topics are:

1/ Structural membrane: contemporary, innovative, adaptive daring and impactful solutions

In Jules Verne's hometown, with its focus on innovation and futuristic issues, membrane architecture can provide answers to current problems, especially for ever denser cities and for a world that is always on the move.

2/ Tensioned membrane structures: the seventh building material<...

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The images of tents separating female students from their male colleagues at Gharjistan University in Kabul have created dismay at Solaris, which has made this object, the tent, its business. So the CEO, Alberto Danieli, has publicly expressed disappointment at the images coming from Afghanistan where tents are used in schools to separate men from women.

Solaris installations and curtains from 5 to 12 September, in conjunction with the Supersalone, at the new Elle Decor Italia design event. In Milan, in the historical Palazzo Bovara. It is possible to visit the exhibition-installation "La casa fluida", designed by Elisa Ossino Studio and with landscape design by Marco Bay. "We strongly wanted an event of this kind during Design Week: never before has the moment been more propitious to think about the domestic dimension," says Livia Peraldo Matton, director of Elle Decor Italia. "The experience of the pandemic has made us more aware and...

7 and 8 september SOLARIS at the MIPIM to Cannes.

The premier real estate event gathers the most influencial players from all sectors of the international property industry for two days of networking, learning and transaction through premium events, conferences and dedicated exhibition zones. For the occasion, Solaris is offering its expertise free of charge to all who request it. Any residential or industrial architectural project, for any need of solar shading, temperature control or sound absorption Solaris specialized offices will offer the best advice for the best result. Through the Mipim app - also accessible from...

Serge Ferrari's video illustrating the qualities of fabrics. It explains - with Italian subtitles - how fabrics are tested to achieve thermal, visual and acoustic comfort standards. At the 11:15 minute mark, the tests for fire resistance classifications are also illustrated. Click here.

The Serge Ferrari Group  has developed a technology for composite materials that reduces coronavirus viral load by 95% after a 15-minute contact period, and by 99.5% after one hour of contact, compared to an untreated membrane. This technology has been tested by the Virhealth laboratory.

When applied to membranes, this technology can contribute, along with other preventive health measures, to safer surfaces in facilities open to the public or with high levels of foot traffic, including healthcare facilities, schools, daycare centers, as well as offices, businesses, cultural institutions, recreational facilities and public transportation.

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It cost £200 million. Designed by Uruguayan archistar Rafael Vinoly. It's in the City of London and has been the talk of the town. Thanks to him, the British, who have no shortage of spirit, even cooked eggs in the street. He has been renamed "Walkie Talkie" for his "unusual" shape. Haven't spotted it yet? Well yes, it is the famous skyscraper 20 Fenchurch Street: 34 floors, 160 meters high. A real bargain: rented and occupied by offices of large companies, insurance companies, unions. Construction was completed in 2014, opened in 2015 and purchased by Lee Kum Kee,...

Focus on Solaris Tende by Real Estate online, the prestigious web magazine for real estate and the property market. "Energy saving - writes Real Estate - has become with global warming an ethical and economic obligation. For this reason, new buildings must be created with external solar shading systems (see D.lg.192 and dl 311). Solar shading systems must be dynamic, so as to maximise the use of solar energy during cold periods and minimise solar transmission during hot periods or during the hours when the sun discharges its solar energy onto the building façade. The application...

Solaris Tende is among the "leading companies" that supported the 10th international Tall Building conference held on July 7, 2021 at the Salone d'Onore of Triennale Milano. A unique opportunity to allow various professionals, teachers and operators to interact and exchange ideas starting from their respective thematic areas.

The design and construction of skyscrapers in Italy has gone through various historical phases: in the 1950s with the construction of the Pirelli, Galfa and Velasca towers in Milan. Then in the 1990s with the seven towers of the Centro Direzionale in Naples. And the real explosion of...

The Advantages of Pleated Blinds

Among the modern technical curtains, pleated blinds are able to give personality to every window and area due to its potential management flexibility, guaranteeing numerous advantages and offering excellent energy savings.

It is thought that indoor pleated blinds, characterized by a minimal and slender design with regular folds (pleating) and a minimal collection footprint, were especially preferred years ago but allow various benefits that are useful even today.

Among the advantages to be mentioned are:

Fincantieri: 100 Dashboards screened so far by Solaris Tende Danieli: "A goal that honors me"

There are 100 command boards of the most sophisticated cruise ships launched by Finacantieri screened by Solaris Tende. The installations are all fireproof, blackout, but above all anti-reflective. In the control room of each ship - the heart of the most advanced navigation and control systems - the view must be protected in a highly professional way, even with solar shading. Shielding that must be designed both against direct rays arriving in the cabin and against those reflected from the sea. The intervention for...

Solaris' curtains and sound-absorbing panels: from Venice to Toulouse "artigitali" solutions

No weapons, no games, no prostitutes. For the rest, free to trade. This is how Serenissima Republic of Venice imposed upon the entrance to the Fondaco dei Tedeschi. But while we trade we talk, murmur, often shout and so, today, that the famous Venetian market has become one of the brightest luxury shopping centers, it has installed one of the most advanced solutions of sound-absorbing curtains - produced by Solaris - able to restore the highest quality acoustics in any type of environment, public or private....

Solaris Tende lands at MIPIM: the September event for Real Estate Experts

Solaris Tende will participate in the famous MIPIM real estate fair in Cannes on 7 and 8 September 2021 which celebrates the most deserving projects and makes it possible to meet the main international real estate operators. A packed program of conferences with expert sessions and insights into the key sectors of real estate to facilitate targeted networking and matmaching among participants. Brokers, promoters, business services, service providers, hotels, architects, for an interesting mix of business.

After the stop of trade fairs during the Coronavirus pandemic...

Sesto Palazzo Uffici Eni: 65,000 square meters of engineering and the know-how of Solaris Tende

Three buildings and 65,000 square meters distributed between the streets of Ravenna, Correggio, Alcide de Gasperi and Emilia - today we are talking about the new Sesto Palazzo Uffici Eni complex in Metanopoli for which Solaris Tende will bring its know-how. The project for the 3 office buildings of Eni, a leading company in innovative energy solutions towards a more sustainable consumption model - Icon Tower with 11 floors, Landmark Tower with 9 floors, and Skygarden Tower with conference center and canteen - is by the studio Morphosis Architects,...

Change the Skin of your Building: the Advantages of the Textile Facade

In recent years, buildings have faced the need for visibility not only in the digital but also in the structural field and therefore resort to external solutions that are able to capture attention and interpret values, such as textile facades. The textile facade cladding represents a highly customizable change of skin, which can also be achieved in the presence of three-dimensional shapes that are complex and sophisticated at first glance, and brings significant advantages:

Thermal Comfort with Low Emissive Curtains: not just an advantage but a necessity

According to Legislative Decree 81/2008, the employer is obliged to assess the risks present in the workplace to ensure the safety of employees and among these precautions there is also the need to create a comfortable microclimate. The legislation on thermal comfort therefore aims to guarantee the well-being of the worker to avoid stress induced by unsuitable temperatures and humidity and to safeguard health as well as the correct condition for carrying out one's activity. Solaris solutions allow to obtain an excellent thermal comfort with roller...

Microforate Venetian Blinds: the practical solution to filter the light

Practicality is part of us and especially in recent years we tend to seek functional solutions that allow you to create a comfortable space without wasting too much energy and time, the venetian blind therefore represents an economic technical curtain to regulate the intensity of light in the room quickly, especially if micro-perforated.

The minimalist design that a Venetian blind can offer compared to a classic curtain is especially appreciated inside buildings to improve the lighting situation of offices, but it can also be sought in private...

Design dehors: here's how to deal with decrees, reopenings and unstable weather with the style of Solaris Tende

With the reopening of the yellow zones in many parts of Italy from April 26, 2021, most of the premises found themselves unprepared in the management of the outdoor space, the only environment allowed to welcome customers. Here, between one rain and another, the still fresh evening air and the tables without any protection, the entrepreneurs of numerous restaurants have begun to look for effective solutions capable of integrating with their service proposal that would guarantee the carrying out of activities in...

The Solaris Experience Tents in Bob's Slopes

Solaris Tende is taking part in the preparation of the facilities for the Beijing Olympics in what has represented its skill in the Olympic games sector for years: the bobsleigh, skeleton and luge track. After the Olympics in Turin (Italy, 2006), Sochi (Russia, 2014) and Pyeongchang (South Korea, 2018), Solaris' solutions arrive at the YanQing Olympic Sliding Center.

Despite the difficulties since the beginning of 2020 related to the Covid-19 health emergency involving the personal and sports world, put to the test by the restrictions and the need for social distancing, the completion...

The twist of the Curvo and the Sustainability that Solaris likes

Solaris Tende had the pleasure of collaborating in the creation of the Libeskind Tower, or PwC Tower, designed in Milan according to environmental sustainability criteria by the American architect Daniel Libeskind.

PwC Tower with its sinuous movement is the mirror of a new concept of a modern working environment with minimal energy consumption, stands out among the skyscrapers of Milan and wraps around the square of the former Fair. With its 31 floors - 3 of which underground - and 175 meters high, "il Curvo" - as...

La Repubblica: Solaris and attention to listening

"The excellence in the sector of high-end curtains: is that of Solaris, a company that stands out for an open and multidisciplinary approach, not limiting itself to offering a catalog of standard products, but analyzing the specific situations and needs of the customers. in time. An experience of almost fifty years, that of Solaris, a company specializing in projects in which great professionals take part, up to architects who can be defined as real "legends". Solaris, in fact, can boast collaborations with myths of the caliber of Renzo Piano...