Training Centre, Bergwacht Bayern
Bad Tölz, Germany
Year:
2008
Material:
ETFE foil
Area
2,050 m²
Client:
Bergwacht Bayern
Architect:
Herzog + Partner
Engineering:
Hightex
Highly Transparent Facade For Helicopter Training
The challenge within this project was to establish a realistic training centre for the mountain rescue crew of Bergwacht Bayern, Germany. In order to reproduce a suitable atmosphere for the helicopter crew of the flight simulator, the main target for the architects and engineers was to create a highly transparent façade.
The primary structural characteristics of the cube are triple belted steel frames clad with modular membrane façade elements tensioned over a series of internal vertical arches. The result is an elegant, highly transparent low weight envelope that protects against the elements and gives the right environment for the helicopter simulator training.
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.
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