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An air cushion roof (or an air cushion wall) is a temporary or permanent solution based on a very low weight, made of high quality technical textiles. An air cushion is custom-engineered by Poly-Ned or together with consultancies and / or engineering firms.

You will find examples of solutions where aesthetic (including organic and 3-D) design and light technology aspects can play a role. The applied material is described and a short summary is given for each project.

Our programme is too extensive to be fully described. If you are looking for a plastic fabric or wire mesh that is not being described here, please contact us for a detailed explanation of the options that we can supply for your specific situation. A selection of textile and metal wire meshes that are often applied by Poly-Ned can be found here

Projects

Below you will find a few examples of realised ceiling and wall projects.

<p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p>		Centraal Station Den Haag
		Architect Benthem Crouwel (BCA) Product PVC coated fabric Description This “air cushion roof’’ serves as a temporary roofing underneath the escalators until a permanent solution is realised during the next (building) phase.

<p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p>		Parasite Hoogvliet
		Architect Christoph Seyferth Product High quality ETFE foil Description An air cushion roof (with a diameter of approximately 6.3 meter) is involved in this project that has been applied to a laboratory of a school. The combination with the self-supporting in form manufactured steel sandwich panels makes a remarkably light construction possible. The pneumatic roof has been given a very flattened off form in this project. An additional protection has been built into the roof to prevent disasters involving rainwater from occurring. This roof has been operational now for more than 4 years to everybody’s satisfaction.

<p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p>		Pinas Rijkswerf Den Helder
		Architect Cepezed Architects Product High quality ETFE foil Description The requirement of the customer was to realise an ultralight roof. A tensegrity (i.e. tensional integrity) structure was developed for this project to be applied on top of the EFTE air cushion roof. This combination ensured that an extremely light roof could be designed. This was further elaborated together with the architect.

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Technology is constantly evolving. Also in the field of textile architecture. Poly-Ned is an ambitious company with motivated employees, which enjoys to extend 35 years of experience. New materials, new techniques, Poly-Ned thinks in clear and affordable solutions and likely 'out of the box...

Poly-Ned processes of flexible plastic and metal materials, or combinations thereof. Examples include (combinations) of fiberglass and polyester, PVC, PU, PTFE, ETFE, and metals such as AISI 304, 316 and galvanized iron. The light weight material such questions only a slight back construction ...

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