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The tensioned fabric roof Craig G. Huntington
Publisher: ASCE Publications

The entrance leads into a breathtaking, three-story atrium with warm, gentle light diffused through a tension fabric roof. These can be caused either where the roof is under particular tension when raised by the frame underneath, or where the roof has to crease and fold, once lowered. Does anyone know how that concrete/fabric roof is going to work? It looks as though the concrete is in tension. As is typical of black mohair hoods, it had become a bit greyer than black, and some obvious stress lines (which are perfectly normal) needed to be addressed. Wouldn't that mean that the fiberglass fabric is providing all the tensile strength for the roof (no ferrocement)? The roof, seen in the photos, is currently made of shade cloth. A light clay session removed what little contamination remained on the paint after washing, but despite a good clean, the fabric roof looked a little tired. Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 9:13 PM. I made the tensioning system versatile enough to accommodate other waterproof fabrics as well. One of the issues faced by SCX was how to ensure the fabric field of the cloth remained in tension when the roof closed. The airport's distinctive unique white tensile architecture tension fabric roof is aesthetically designed to be reminiscent of the snow-capped Rocky Mountains in winter. La Plata Stadium Features Tensile Fabric Roofing System From Birdair, Inc. Argentina Venue is the First PTFE-Covered Stadium in South America - PR11406086. I peeled back the very edge of the back-most part of the side of the roof fabric (obvious when you're doing it), pulled forward enough of the tension wire to slip it out of its retainer. FTL Design Engineering Studio, in partnership with Parsons Brinkerhoff, designed the tension fabric roof, above the Rosa Parks Transit Center in Detroit, MI.