Shaded Dome Technologies

Shaded Dome Technologies provides a smart, cool and adaptable venue facility, meeting the highest standards in comfort, sustainability, flexibility, accessibility, safety and security for its visitors. The Shaded Dome™ has been specifically designed to protect the venue from often demanding climatological conditions, like those that may prevail in desert climates. The Shaded Dome™ is a semi-permanent facility, comprised of an air-supported, environmentally controlled dome in which a pleasant microclimate is created. The dome is positioned under a tent layer (the Shade), supported by a steel cable structure. This passive design element provides the dome with protection from often demanding climatological conditions like for example solar radiation, wind, high air temperature, humidity and precipitation. The microclimate is enabled by a constant airflow between the dome and the shade together with the use of a custom made combination of several membrane materials. The Shaded Dome’s integration of passive design elements and microclimate creates a comfortable indoor environment for both venue and visitors and is efficient in material use, re-usable and self-supporting in energy needs. The Shaded Dome™ has an unprecedented flexibility in size and shape. The floorplan and overall shape can be free-form and footprints can be extended up to 20.000 m2, the size of almost three football pitches. Furthermore, the lightweight construction encompasses climate related building physics, not inferior to constructions with high mass. The Shaded Dome™ requires limited transport volume, and can be constructed and dismantled in a matter of days.