A more flexible response for outdoor spaces
Many outdoor spaces today share similar needs. Circulation areas that require sun shading, seating areas that need comfortable shade, public environments where comfort must be introduced without enclosing the space, or large surfaces that call for a lighter solution than conventional construction.
In this context, the new range presented by IASO at REBUILD 2026 offers a versatile response. These structures are designed to adapt to different scales and configurations, with a modular logic that simplifies engineering, organises execution more efficiently and facilitates both transport and installation.
This approach makes textile architecture easier to apply in real projects, not only in singular interventions. And this is one of the key aspects of the presentation: showing that these solutions can naturally become part of facilities, public squares, walkways, commercial spaces, educational environments or hospitality areas.
What modular textile architecture structures are
The range is based on lightweight construction systems composed of a metal structure and a tensioned membrane. Its modular design allows the system to be adapted according to project requirements and enables a more structured resolution of essential elements such as anchors, fixings and tensioning.
This logic brings clear advantages from the outset. It simplifies installation, helps standardise critical parts of the system and allows greater agility in projects that require a reliable, repeatable and well-resolved solution.
But its interest is not only technical. These structures offer a clean and quiet visual presence. They are not intended to dominate the environment, but to shape the space, protect it and make it more habitable.
What they bring to the space
One of the strengths of textile architecture is its ability to improve outdoor spaces without transforming them into something else. It introduces shade, filters light, allows ventilation and, in certain systems, also provides rain protection. All while maintaining a sense of openness that is especially valuable in places where climate and permanence shape the experience.
The new modular range presented by IASO works precisely in this direction. It does not simply cover. It also helps to organise circulation and give identity to spaces that may previously have felt too exposed, too harsh or simply not very habitable.
For the user, this is probably the best way to understand its value: not as an isolated technical solution, but as a tool that enables outdoor spaces to function better.
A range with different ways of covering
The diversity of the new collection allows it to respond to very different situations without leaving a consistent system logic. Some typologies are designed for more enveloping protection; others prioritise ventilated shade; others introduce a more expressive presence within the architectural landscape.
The range is composed of several models offering different solutions: Arcos ETFE propose a curved, translucent structure protected from weathering, making use of the lightness and transparency of the material. Ondulaciones generate a watertight curved roof that protects from sun and rain while creating a recognisable silhouette from a distance.
In a more open and ventilated approach, Mallas provide shade through a grid of cables and micro-perforated PVC membrane, suitable for seating areas and walkways. Tiras use interwoven micro-perforated PVC bands integrated into the metal structure, creating a lightweight roof that organises light and adds visual rhythm. Removable Velas, with three or four points, allow flexible and adaptable compositions depending on the space and the desired effect.
Paraboloide occupies a singular position within the range. Its configuration through high and low points creates wide shade and a particularly lightweight architectural presence, with a more sculptural reading while remaining integrated into the environment.
IASO’s differential value at REBUILD 2026
IASO’s presence at REBUILD 2026 was not only based on showcasing expertise in textile architecture, but on presenting a concrete proposal with direct application in many contemporary contexts.
This is the real differential value of this edition. The new modular structures range translates a technical speciality into clearer, more structured and easier-to-integrate solutions for projects where shade, climate protection and outdoor quality are already a real need.
For those unfamiliar with textile architecture, this presentation also serves another purpose: it helps to understand that we are not only talking about large iconic roofs or exceptional interventions. We are also referring to systems capable of solving everyday needs for use, comfort and permanence in an efficient and elegant way.
A more open way of shaping outdoor space
With this new range, IASO expands its approach to textile architecture. Not only through singular pieces, but also through systems that can be repeated, adapted and naturally grow depending on the context.
REBUILD 2026 has been the setting to present this evolution. A textile architecture closer to real use, easier to implement and better prepared to respond to spaces that require shade, protection and continuity without losing lightness.
Because when a structure organises light, improves comfort and accompanies outdoor life without imposing itself, it ceases to be just a construction solution. It becomes a way of making space more habitable.