Overview

Fabric Architecture’s Fabric Interiors Group has just completed a very unique ceiling installation in a Luxury Boutique Hotel (Mykonos Grace) on the Island of Mykonos, Greece.

This project was a joint collaboration with internationally recognised Architect/Fashion Designer, Myrto Dramountani and London/Athens based architectural firm Divercity. The project brief was to design and install a design led tensile fabric suspended ceiling in the intimate poolside Grace Restaurant.  The ocean breeze should be able to “blow through the ceiling creating ‘graceful’ movements.” Light transmission through the fabric was important, given it is lit.

A series of three unique suspended ceiling panels were designed:  2no 3m x 3.5m and 1 no 4.5m x 1m.  Each panel has over 3,000 small right angles cut out (with high tech diamond blades). Each right angle measures 50mm x 50mm. Squares are cut 20mm apart. With this many cuts into the fabric, selecting the right fabric was important. Silicone Glass Weave (SGW) was chosen because it retains its shape and integrity under tension. SGW is environmentally friendly, 100% recyclable and it offers up to 40% light transmission. It’s fire retardant and easy to maintain.

The three fabric panels were placed into lightweight metal frames and were suspended using a series of aluminium cables.

Fabric Interiors already has an impressive international portfolio including Dublin Terminal 2 and Ferrari World Abu Dhabi.