Biosphere Technology
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● Air-Supported Biosphere Technology
An air-supported structure utilizes an architectural fabric skin that is inflated by internal air pressure. Because there is no internal frame, the structure consists of only a fabric skin and a blower system that creates the building and defines its shape. These structures are an inexpensive way to create a very large building, frequently meeting the need for all-weather or around-the-clock facility for sporting activities such as tennis, swimming, soccer and golf driving ranges and indoor golf courses. Businesses also select air-supported structures for warehousing, construction site storage and manufacturing. In many applications, the structure usage is temporary or even seasonal, installed in the winter and removed and stored in the summer.
Air-supported structures can be designed with several optional features including an insulation layer on the inside of the fabric skin to control the cost-efficiency of heat and air-conditioning. Structures can also utilize translucent fabrics to provide soft natural lighting inside the building or can use opaque materials to minimize heat build-up in the summertime.
The proponents are currently considering a proven air-supported structure that consists of a framework of high-tension steel cables built into the seam of specially engineered and patented industrial gage fabric. The structure is held up by high ventilation air flow at low pressure as opposed to the industry norm of using high internal pressure for inflation. Additional to the obvious higher degree of comfort associated with an internal environment that is barely perceivable in terms of internal/external air pressure differential, the high rate of air flow also provides for a well ventilated work/play environment. Furthermore, light transmission is far more superior (to the extent that vegetation can grow) in the proposed structures. |
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| Soccer Domes.pdf | ||
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