![]() ![]() It’d allow the light in,īlock the sunlight and keep the rain off you,” he said. Think a good use would be an outdoor, covered patio. Residential projects anytime soon, except in small amounts. Said due to prohibitive costs, it’s not likely to be used extensively in Like a perfect replacement for glass, until you look at the price tag. It can be punctured, but it won’t shatter like a residential It is evenĭesigned to stand up to Texas-sized hail storms. Is also easier to install and somewhat self-cleaning, Cudihee said. Of ETFE was a heavier lift, figuratively, than if construction crews installed The flip side, the work done atop the new stadium to prepare for the installation The east and west side, it requires less structure to be able to hold the If you look over, we use a lot of glass vertically on theįace of the building, this going up on the roof – on the operable roof – and on Of the big advantages of it is how lightweight it is,” Cudihee said. And that’sįrom aesthetics and climate-control, there are construction benefits to using In it, so it’s not completely transparent, although it could be, but there’sĮnough transparency in it that from the inside you can look out. The 15 new Major League Baseball stadiums to open since the turn of theĬentury, only the aforementioned two ballparks and Marlins Park, which openedĭon’t think (the ETFE) diminishes any of the architecture or appeal of theīuilding, but I think when you’re seated on the inside, what’ll be cool is youĬan actually look out and see through it,” Matwick said. Into the ballpark than there is at Minute Maid Park or Milwaukee’s Miller Park, Rangers wanted to issue to architects was to incorporate more natural light Worked when Minute Maid Park opened in 2000. Natural light that flows into the stadium.Įxperience includes time with the Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros, where he Selected, based on consultation with architects, will control the amount of Instead of being completely transparent, like glass, the ETFE the Rangers Pattern, in this case it’s a honeycomb-like motif, and the opacity of the ETFE. ![]() Is a term Matwick and Cuddihee return to often. Whereas ETFE, it can be completely clear or almost nontransparent,” he said. You’re somewhat limited onįritting and how much light you can either let in or let out with glass, Has an inner and an outer chamber, with a material that divides them, and airĬan do so many things with ETFE versus glass. Operations for Manhattan Construction, which is working on Globe Life Field.ĭescribed the ETFE panels as “essentially like a pillow.” He said each panel Bank Stadium opened, ETFE has become more common among football andīaseball stadiums across the country, said Jim Cuddihee, vice president of Most prominent venue in the United States that utilizes ETFE is probably U.S.īank Stadium in Minneapolis, which opened in 2016 and is home to the Minnesota Second horse at Belmont Park dies within 24 hours of 155th running Setting was at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, notably at the National AquaticsĬenter – the Water Cube – where the swimming and diving events were held. Said the first time the public saw ETFE for the first time in a high-profile West concourse roof: 10,500 square feet.East operable facade: 10,600 square feet.The breakdown for where the 120,900 square feet of ETFE will be used is as follows: ![]() ![]() A total of 120,900 square feet of ETFE will be used in theĮTFE not used on the roof will be used on the east and west faces of theīallpark to help with sun, especially when it’s setting and shining into right Roof at Globe Life Field will cover 240,000 square feet, roughly one-third of “So, the ETFE gives us a solution thatĬan mitigate the UV and control the heat or the cool air that we have in theīuilding, allowing the natural light in.” Through, has a tendency to magnify,” said Rob Matwick, the Rangers’ executive Particularly glass on the sides of the building where the sun is shining Stadium will consist of a partially transparent, plastic polymer calledĮthylene tetrafluoroethylene – or ETFE for short. The roof is closed for a day game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, the air conditioning is on and the sunlight is shining through the windows – but it’s not generating heat.īecause large sections of the transparent portions of the roof and sides of the Imagine a hot, sunny afternoon in July at the future home of the Texas Rangers. ![]()
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