Textile Hokka Palms for the Nagao Beach

Ar. Yagnesh Ghorecha: "Tensile structures allow the best combination of breeze, perfect balance of light quality and shade"

Diu at the district of Daman, got a 21 Kilometer Long coastline. It was one of the first places where the Portuguese landed in the 15th century in India. The Portuguese Colonial style is still visible these days at the former 400 years long colony. Not too far away from Diu one of the most beautiful and coziest beaches of India is located. Right at this place a hotel called Kostamar Beach Resort was built.

The architectural challenge of this building was to find a form language which was pleasing the expectations of locals, tourists and it had to be in correlation with the colonial style of Diu. Yagnesh Ghorecha a responsible architect describes his solution as follows: "...the Architecture relied heavily on the site specific influences. It was necessary to strategize experiential methodologies and develop a dynamic solution to a site situated within a striking distance of the beautiful Nagoa Beach."

Project	: Kostamar Beach Resort
Material Used	: Valmex® FR 700
Quantity	: 400 m²
Architect	: Yagnesh Ghorecha
Manufacturer	: Schafbock Design + Workshop
Date of Completion	: Octobre 2013
City	: Diu, Nagao Beach
Country	: India

The "Hokka" tree is the dynamic solution for the sun protection of the top roof terrace, which is one of the most highly visible elements of the Kostamar Beach Resort. These trees are forming large impressive branches with small crowns. This natural role model is taken for the design of the sun protection. Apart from reminding on this tree, which is nearly a landmark of this region, the intention was "to reintermediate vertical corridors on the terrace at the same time developing an unhindered view of the Beach. Sitting between the "Hokka palms" this site being open at eye level allows an all-encompassed view of the ocean and the site, but at the same time provides respite from the harsh summer sun. The corridors are left open so that there is a variation of direct sunlight and shade and at the same time offer respite to specific areas."

The architect has selected Mehler VALMEX® FR 700 for this project and the installation of the tensile construction just took 10 Days though the construction site was very close to the beach. As the building company stated, the constant wind was the biggest challenge for them. However the installation process was so quick, regarding that the complete Valmex FR 700 textiles had been pre produced by Schafbock Design + Workshop. This took 45 days while the rest of the construction work was not disturbed during this period.

VALMEX® FR 700 is the ideal material for weather protection and leisure applications. The high tensile strength and the relative low weight support fast installations and dismantling of tents.

The special surface finish Mehatop F1 comes with a nano-TiO2 base primer, which provides excellent whiteness and cleaning properties, the fabric is UV resistant, and the finish protects the fabric against fungus and bacterial growth. The material is low maintenance and maintains a good appearance over a long period.

VALMEX® FR 700 possesses outstanding characteristics such as.