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Stadium – Warsaw – Poland When required by weather conditions, the 11,000 m2 of Précontraint composite membrane will deploy in 15 minutes. View video > Serge Ferrari news WorldWIDE

Retractable Roof wins award at World Stadium Congress 2012 Opened in January 2012, the new 59,000-seat capacity Polish national stadium was built as a venue for the Euro 2012 football championship. Its characteristic feature lies in the technology of its fully retractable central roof made of Précontraint Serge Ferrari composite material. This innovative concept enabled the Warsaw stadium to win two World Stadium Congress 2012 "Awards", one for its usage of high technology and the other for its multifunctional capacities. combination with a central retrac- restricted by weather is just one of...

Stadium – Guadalajara – Mexico Estadio Omnilife: temple of Mexican football Located at Zapopan, in the heart of “La Primavera”, the famous “Chivas de Guadalajara” football team's new stadium appears as a green volcano beneath a cloud made of Serge Ferrari composite membrane. Estadio Omnilife, with its 45,000 spectator capacity, was the venue for the Pan American Games in October 2011. The underside of the roof, light as a white cloud, is made of tensioned Précontraint 1002 S2, like a ceiling. For this project, the flexible composite material was specifically designed and produced with an opaque...

The concept of "cladding"-type tension demands dimensional stability and strict compliance of material behaviour with design calculations that only the Précontraint composite membrane guarantees. Serge Ferrari news WorldWIDE

Green & Legacy Sports Infrastructures London 2012: international showcase for sustainable construction London's promise in relation to organising the 2012 Olympic and Para-Olympic Games was to build for the "greenest games ever" in Olympic history and to transmit a sustainable heritage to future generations. The city was awarded the organisation of this event based on this promise. The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), responsible for Olympic site and infrastructure design and construction worked with the construction industry and the British government to make the event a showcase for current...

Infrastructures built using Serge Ferrari flexible composite materials 1 > Tunnel 2 > Main Stadium 3 > International Broadcast Center 4 > Waterpolo Arena 5 > Vélodrome 6 > London Aquatic Center Not shown: 7 > Royal Artillery Barracks 8 > Lord’s Cricket Club 9 > torage and reception tentsl materials: tested and proven on the ground worldwide Paris Country Club - France Beckam Academy – London - UK La Florida bicentennial stadium - Chile Swimming pool - Val d’Isère - France Assets for high environmental performance buildings > Lightweight construction systems > Controlling natural light > Reducing...

Aquatic Centre – London – United Kingdom Serge Ferrari flexible composite materials, combined with lightweight structural systems, meet the functional requirements of temporary sports buildings prior to subsequent re-use. Serge Ferrari news WorldWIDE

London Aquatic Centre: a majestic structure based on versatile variable geometry The LAC (London Aquatic Centre), a majestic structure designed by Zaha Hadid, is inspired by the fluid geometries of moving water. The spectacular roof, architecturally conceived in the shape of a 160 m long x 80 m wide wave spans the central building and spreads outwards like the wings of a manta ray with two temporary canopies composed of 25,000 m2 of Serge Ferrari NPP* composite membrane. A lightweight construction system The completely removable building wings are covered with 18,000 m2 of opaque Précontraint...

The Waterpolo Arena – London – United Kingdom Précontraint 1002 S2 NPP version “Silver” composite material establishes the building's personality and will ensure good integration into various areas during forthcoming usages. A 100% removable, re-usable building The Waterpolo Arena, hallmarked David Morley Architects (DMA), is a temporary structure, which will be demolished after the Olympic Games. The building clad in Précontraint 1002 S2 NPP* Silver is distinctive due to a sloping inflatable roof, which undulates like a breaking wave. The building's unsupported span of 54 m x 124 m required...

© Architen Landrell Associates © Susan Matthews Serge Ferrari Advantages Project data • rchitect: A David Morley Architects • Lightness and flexibility • NPP flexible composites • onsulting engineer: C Buro Happold • esistance to UV rays and R bad weather • abrication/Installation F Architen Landrell Associates (ALA) • Euroclass B-s2,d0 • Easy maintenance • erge Ferrari flexible S composite materials: • 00% recyclable through 1 Texyloop® récontraint 1002 S2 NPP >P Material area: 22,000 m2 > oltis 99-1 NPP S Material area: 1,000 m2 Serge Ferrari news WorldWIDE

Covered shooting ranges – Woolwich – United Kingdom Installed Précontraint, Soltis and Stamisol composite materials are 100% re-usable and recyclable. Serge Ferrari news WorldWIDE

Covered shooting ranges – Woolwich – United Kingdom Royal Artillery Barracks: avant-garde design temporary structures It couldn't have been more natural for the Olympics 2012 shooting events to be held at the foot of the Royal Artillery Barracks, built in 1776, while respecting the site's World Heritage classification. Magma Studio therefore designed three, temporary, movable, and recyclable barrack buildings made of Serge Ferrari NPP* composite materials. Précontraint Serge Ferrari ® patented technology, they are flexible, very strong extremely stable dimensionally: characteristics that remain...