Parking structure punctuates Miami skyline

摘要

Big Span Structures LLC, a provider of concept-to-completion solutions for signature lightweighttensile membrane structures, has completed a new tensile membrane shading structure on thetop deck of the parking garage of the Care Resource Community Health Centers facility inMidtown Miami, Fla.The tensioned membrane structure features approximately 13,500 square feet of PTFE-coatedmesh membrane with an aluminum support framing system. The principal element thatdifferentiates PTFE fiberglass membrane from conventional glazing is its advantageous shadingcoefficient, according to a press release from Summerfield, Fla.-based Big Span. As lightinglevels increase, even cooler climates can realize overall energy savings using PTFE membrane.In very warm climates, even low lighting levels make PTFE fiberglass membrane an energy saverversus conventional systems.