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Follow on Google News | Retractable SEFAR® Architecture TENARA® Fabric Sustains at Fortress Arena KufsteinFabric Continues to Look and Perform Flawlessly After Years of Consistent Use
DEPEW, NY… Since 2006, SEFAR® Architecture’ With a historical ambience and a stunning natural landscape as its backdrop, The Fortress Arena Kufstein is a popular tourist attraction – a multimedia event center that hosts everything from professional staged performances to weddings, presentations and seminars. The 4,500-seat arena boasts impressive sound and lighting systems, and a TENARA Fabric roof to complement them. SEFAR Architecture’ "The fabric roof is the most important part of our facility,” says Emanuel Praauer, Marketing and Communications Director for the Fortress Arena Kufstein. “Because of it, we can effectively use the facility year-round, allowing us to hold many more events. As a result, we have significantly increased our number of visitors since 2006. We haven’t had any problems with the TENARA Fabric – it has been perfect." In addition to its primary function, the TENARA Fabric membrane maintains the acoustics of the space and elegantly displays projected dynamic multi-colored lighting, producing a dramatic visual effect ideal for a spectacular concert experience. "TENARA Fabric’s long age, paired with its aesthetic capabilities, make it a perfect material for this unique performance space,” says Alfred Rein, Project Engineer for Kugel + Rein Architects and Engineers, the architect and engineer of the project. The Fortress Arena Kufstein roof features TENARA Fabric’s 4T40HF, which offers 38% light transmission to retain the outdoor feel of the arena. The translucent white membrane is surrounded on its outside edge by a polygonal pressure ring made up of 15 equal segments. This design yields an efficient, highly pre-stressed structure, which not only absorbs the force of external wind, but also brings only vertical loads to bear on its foundations. TENARA Fabric is woven from high-strength expanded ePTFE fluoropolymers, and is also fluoropolymer- "SEFAR Architecture’ To see a video of the Fortress Arena Kufstein retractable roof, click here. To learn more about SEFAR Architecture’ The Fortress Arena Kufstein project was completed in May 2006. Members of the project team include architect and engineer Kugel + Rein Architects and Engineers, Stuttgart, Germany and fabricator Hightex GmbH, Rimsting, Germany. # # # About SEFAR Architecture: End
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