Denvelops and the Eurecat technology centre have devised an architectural hybrid textile prototype which adds new energy and lighting features to building fronts while also delivering greater efficiency, sustainability, innovation, adaptability and design.
The purpose of the project was to show that these types of solutions and functions tapping the new hybrid texTILES construction system built by Denvelops “are completely viable and competitive,” says architect and Denvelops CEO Jaume Colom. “The texTILES are entirely digital-based which makes it possible to customise thousands of different designs without cost overruns” using a simple assembly process “in an entirely industrial environment which allows these designs to be produced as cost-effectively and efficiently as possible.”
The prototype of this new architectural skin implemented in Igualada by Eurecat and Denvelops adds new lighting and photovoltaic technologies to its patented system of suspended façades. They can be harnessed in projects by design offices, engineering firms, architects, interior designers and construction companies looking for more competitive alternative solutions and also by service companies in corporate buildings such as hotels, shopping centres, hospitals and sports centres.
“It’s a highly innovative product due to its lightness and ease of manufacture and fitting while it also opens up many options in façade design,” points out Irene Ràfols, head of Eurecat’s Product Innovation & Multiphysics Simulation Unit.