0. Covering for archaeological sites
Few examples
Roberto Canobbio
Stefania Lombardi

1. Via Roma, 3 Castelnuovo Scrivia (Al)
Sede legale: Via Viviani, 8 Milano
Telefono:
Fax:

2. Factory plants Castelnuovo Scrivia: 6000 mq covered area
5000 mq external area
18 welding machines
10 sewing machines
60 workers
Serravalle:
3500 mq covered area
2000 mq external area
8 welding macines (6 for PVC, 2 for PTFE)
15 workers
Production capacity : mq

3. Canobbio Commercial Net
Canobbio Group
Canobbio Asiatex - China
Industria Copertoni - Italy
Europlast - Italy
Canobbio Commercial Net
ICQ - Spain / Portugal
Membrane Structures - U.S.A.
Airlight – Switzerland
Norske Boblehaller – Scandinavia
Shelter Dome - UK
Bernard Gilet - Belgium
Maletras - France
Ramex – Israel
Sport Complex – Russia

4. Designing, Detailing and Building with Textiles
Disegno di Vincenzo Pinto

6. Materials ptfe/fiberglass tenara® Etfe Silicone/fiberglass
Autorità portuale Cagliari 2007 – Photo: C. Guizzo
tenara®
Etfe
Garage Park photo Canobbio
Silicone/fiberglass
Garage Park Montreux 2004 – Photo: Airlight
polyester/pvc
Rosny sous Bois 2006 – Photo Canobbio

7. ptfe/fiberglass Marinafiera Genova 2002 – photo Canobbio
Macao Stadium 2005 – photo Canobbio
Velodrome Abuja 2006 – photo Form TL

8. ptfe/ptfe Tenara® Villa d’Este 2002 - photo: W.L.Gore
Palazzo Giustizia Pesaro photo: Canobbio
Modern Tea House photo: Canobbio

9. etfe MDE Brescia 2007 – photo Canobbio
H San Raffaele – Milano 2010 – photo Canobbio

10. Polyester/pvc La Perla - Qatar 2006 – photo Canobbio
Umbrellas Expo 98 Lisabon – photo M. Piazza
Kogsberg Jazz Festival 2006 – photo R. Sannes

11. Silicone/fiberglass Zenith Strasbourg 2007
Optima photo
Photo M. Fuksas ©
Labat & Sierra 2006 – photo Airlight
Garage Park Montreux – photo Canobbio
Breitling stand Expo 04 Basel – photo Airlight

12. Transforming building
Applications
and durability
Temporary seasonal
or Itinerant?
Temporary or
permanent?
Fixed or removable?
Closed building
Open building
Transforming building
Kongsberg jazz festival
Terme di Chianciano
ESA - Tenerife
Observatory
Umbrella
Torres Novas
Villa d’Este

13. examples

14. Apollo
Epicuro’s
Temple
Andritsena
Greece
1986

15. Gela, Capo Soprano Walls, photo taken after the realization of the protecting structures (1952).
A photo taken in 1983 after the coverage was removed
Rebuild of the degraded parts with new bricks of raw clay completed between 1999 and 2000.

16. installation manufacture
design
installation
Gela – Caposoprano
2008
manufacture
detailing

17. final

18. Hagar Qim
Mnajdra

19. design

20. Foundations

21. Shift of
piles

22. installation

23. final

24. Thanks for your
attention!