ETFE is the acronym for Ethylene-TetrafluoroEthylene Copolymer, which is a fluorocarbon-based material. It’s a durable, adaptable and transparent plastic related to Teflon, which is opening new horizons for architects like at the Beijing Olympics (a swimming arena made out of bubbles, though to me it looks like a gigantic mattress, or a stadium knitted from steel framework seeming a weaver’s nest) and beyond, like the massive tent -over 100.000m2- for the Khan Shatyry Entertainment Center located in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.

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