On the occasion of the FuoriSalone 2024, as part of the Interni Cross Vision exhibition-event, Amazon will present ‘The Amazing Walk’, an installation designed by MAD Architects. For the occasion, Maco Technology has created the entire installation including a 700 square metre swimming pool and a self-supporting structure made of triangular aluminium façade panels and […]
Based on a design by the Leoni & Leoni studio, a modular structure was built as a temporary gymnasium for AC Trento. The system of portals with curved steel edges is covered with a double-layer insufflated textile membrane envelope to ensure adequate internal thermal comfort. The portals also provide support for the raised XLam wood […]
Realisation of the endless Giro d’Italia trophy for the municipality of Andora. The project consists of 32 spiral panels that screw together to form the famous 8m high trophy. The panels, with double curvature, are made thanks to special profiles that allow free forms and tensioning of the covering. Below is the video of the […]
By means of a network of stainless steel cables, the supporting structure for a series of rhomboidal canopies of various colours was created in order to shade and upgrade the streets of a shopping centre. The intervention covered 6 areas for a total of about 1100 square metres. The system, as simple as it is […]
Roof coverings made of natural effect textile membranes. The cladding consists of the waterproof exterior and the breathable cotton interior. The complete products can be viewed on the manufacturer’s website: EssedueHome.
On the occasion of this year’s Milan Design Week, from 16 to 21 April, Maco Technology is exhibiting the structure that will expand the Pyramid laboratory located on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest. This new pyramid, measuring 17.5×17.x and 11.5 metres high, will clad and protect the existing glass pyramid with an ETFE envelope […]
The parking area of the American Embassy in Nigeria is covered by eight tensile structures of various shapes and sizes. Maco Technology designed the structures and supplied the carpentry components as well as the entire textile membrane, including the tensioning systems. The covers, designed to be modular, are composed of two types of “tree” pillars […]
To cover the square between several school buildings, an ETFE roof supported by branched pillars was designed. The double-layer shell, one of which is moulded, covers the space in a futuristic way while ensuring natural light enters the classrooms and maximum transparency towards the sky.
Maco Technology is working on the implementation of a canopy at the entrance to a shopping centre. The canopy, measuring approximately 700 square metres, consists of two curved truss arches connected to each other by a truss element, two tensioning antennas and a series of membrane fixing points on the ground along the entire perimeter […]
Based on a project by architecture firm DC10, Maco Technology was commissioned to engineer and construct a 3d rhomboidal cell facade coated with ETFE. The facade aesthetically and energetically upgrades a building in Mind District, i.e., the former Expo area in Milan. The project consists of 78 panels divided into 6 different types including 4 […]
