{"id":9969,"date":"2023-01-20T12:32:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T11:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/textile-facades-functions-and-types\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T12:12:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:12:01","slug":"textile-facades-functions-and-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/en\/textile-facades-functions-and-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Textile facades: functions and types"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The use of <strong>textile facades<\/strong> has been on the rise in recent years, involving both <strong>public agencies and companies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But exactly <strong>what is <\/strong><strong>a textile facade<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>The textile facade is part of what is known as <strong>&#8220;textile architecture&#8221;<\/strong>, a building system consisting of a <strong>textile covering<\/strong> and a <strong>steelwork support<\/strong> (usually aluminum) attached to the main structure of the building.<\/p>\n<p>Le  <strong>textile facades<\/strong>  can be applied to  <strong>new buildings or existing buildings<\/strong>, although the  <strong>world of architecture is evolving today<\/strong>  and increasingly we are faced with the need to  <strong>intervene on existing buildings <\/strong>lightly and gently, safeguarding its structural integrity but, at the same time, using a  <strong>casing that can personalize them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, <strong>textile facade is the best possible solution<\/strong>, as through its use it is possible:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Renew the aesthetics of the building<\/strong>, possibly concealing any additions or alterations made, rather than technical elements (stairs, ventilation or air conditioning systems)<\/li>\n<li><strong>provide solar protection and insulation<\/strong> by building a &#8220;second skin&#8221; that can reflect solar heat and keep the masonry dry through the ventilating effect of the cavity created between the new part and the pre-existing structure<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transform the wrapper into a communication and image vehicle<\/strong> through the use of colors, effects and digital prints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Types of textile facades<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Textile <strong>panel facade<\/strong> (<strong>textile facade<\/strong>)<\/h3>\n<p>Textile panel facade allows <strong>in-house mass production and minimizes installation time<\/strong>. The panels, produced in-house, are transported to the construction site and laid on a substructure (usually aluminum) to form a lattice of uprights and crossbeams. This substructure is braced to the existing building by means of steelwork fasteners bolted or doweled to the existing building.  <strong>Geometrical and dimensional limits<\/strong> are only those dictated by <strong>transportation systems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Textile<\/strong> <strong>covering<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The textile covering involves the installation of a<strong> series of track tensioning profiles<\/strong>, made of aluminum, to which the cloth is hooked, acting as a substructure and a panel frame at the same time. The advantage of this construction system is that the rails are assembled in place and then transported to the construction site in bars<strong> with no size limitation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The covering of which a <strong>textile facade is composed can be constructed from a variety of materials<\/strong>, including:<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>PVC<\/strong> coated <strong>polyester fabric<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>fiberglass fabric<\/strong> impregnated with <strong>polytetrafluoroethylene <\/strong><strong>(PTFE<\/strong>)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>PU<\/strong> coated <strong>polyester fabric<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Aesthetically and functionally (<strong>strength and lightness<\/strong>), the difference between the different types of materials is not significant, but it becomes substantial in relation to the fire resistance class.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9963 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hotel-plaza-09-1200x799-1.jpg\" alt=\"facades-textiles\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h2>Textile facades made by Canobbio Textile<\/h2>\n<p>Our company has made <strong>numerous textile facades<\/strong> for hotels, theaters, convention centers, and commercial activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Textile facades<\/strong> represent a simple and stylish solution that allows to overcome the limits to which seemed bound to inevitably affect the <strong>textile membranes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Discover here all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/portfolio\/facciate-tessili\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <strong>projects<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a> so far made by Canobbio Textile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The use of textile facades has been on the rise in recent years, involving both public agencies and companies. But exactly what is a textile facade? The textile facade is part of what is known as &#8220;textile architecture&#8221;, a building system consisting of a textile covering and a steelwork support (usually aluminum) attached to the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/en\/textile-facades-functions-and-types\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Textile facades: functions and types<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-textile-facades"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9969"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10031,"href":"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9969\/revisions\/10031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canobbio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}