Ronstan Tensile Architecture’s Greening Installations Add Eco-Friendly Expression to Structures

Dec. 2, 2009 - PRLog -- MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA…Ronstan Tensile Architecture, the leading Australasian specialty contractor and now provider of end-to-end contracting services for small to midsized tensile structures in North America, is introducing the architectural/engineering community to its aesthetically unique and sustainable greening applications.

Greening applications intelligently use Ronstan stainless steel cables and nets integrated with mesh to provide a climbing structure for plant life, resulting in diverse vertical gardens with numerous environmentally meaningful features. Greening most notably provides shading, a sculptural solution for spaces with increased urban density and a reduced urban heat island effect.

In addition to offering fabrication and installation services as a full-service tensile specialty contractor, Ronstan Tensile Architecture partners with building teams to assist with creative architectural concepting and provide its specialized technical expertise. Ronstan also manufactures all the attachment hardware for its greening applications, further solidifying its involvement in every project from beginning to end.

“Greening applications bring an unmatched distinction of esteem to their surrounding environment while being a truly natural part of that environment,” explains Rowan Murray, Ronstan general manager architectural and industrial. “With Ronstan’s complete involvement, each greening application fashions itself to a structure to create an originally-designed space with optimized performance.”

Ronstan has contributed to some of the world’s most innovative and successful greening projects. Council House 2 (CH2) in Melbourne houses the City Council’s new chambers and was the first Australian building to achieve a 6 Star Green Star Certified Rating from the Green Building Council of Australia. The CH2 project team turned to Ronstan for the design, supply and installation of a stainless steel trellis system on the building’s rooftop, which creates a beautiful and useful recreational space. Ronstan cables, combined with flexible mesh, provide growing surfaces for vegetation and support various plant species to screen the rooftop, resulting in a vertical landscape and overhead arbour that helps to reduce the urban heat island effect.

Like most tensile architecture installations, greening applications can be highly technical, involving numerous system components. Ronstan’s intimate knowledge of tensile architecture ensures that all factors of the design and installation process are evaluated, such as span, tension, deflection, plant loads and the capacity of the mating structure to support the system.

Ronstan Tensile Architecture manufactures hardware for its greening projects, including ACS2 – an attractive jaw type cable system available in stainless and carbon steel with a turnbuckle end for increased level adjustment.

When specifying cables for a greening project, it is important to consider the necessary level of corrosion protection. Ronstan offers cables manufactured from stainless steel and lends its expertise on corrosion resistance to help designers achieve the desired aesthetic appeal, structural performance and longevity. By partnering with Ronstan Tensile Architecture, the details of the specification process are simplified, giving the designer the freedom to focus on the creative vision for the greening application.

“Greening applications represent a great deal of what Ronstan stands for – organic and sustainable design, thorough attention to detail and a commitment to making both interior and exterior spaces more diverse and meaningful through the use of tensile architecture,” says Murray.

In addition to greening, Ronstan Tensile Architecture offers a range of full-service tensile architecture solutions. Visit www.RonstanTensileArch.com to learn more.

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About Ronstan Tensile Architecture: Ronstan Tensile Architecture provides the architectural/engineering communities of North America and the Australasian region with end-to-end specialty contracting services, technical expertise and bold imagination that have resulted in some of the world’s most intriguing examples of tensile architecture. Ronstan maintains the unique capability to provide comprehensive services for small to midsize projects incorporating principles of tensile architecture, including concept development, design assistance, cable and fitting selection, structural analysis and installation. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, Ronstan Tensile Architecture operates offices internationally. For more information, visit www.RonstanTensileArch.com.