Designing Better Living: Elevating Contemporary Residential Architecture

As the boundaries between indoor and outdoor living continue to blur, architects are increasingly challenged to create spaces that deliver comfort, energy efficiency and visual appeal without compromising the integrity of their design. High-performance solar shading fabrics have become an essential part of that solution.

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Among the industry’s most trusted materials, Serge Ferrari Soltis® 86 and Soltis® 92 have earned a reputation for combining technical excellence with refined aesthetics, helping architects create homes and apartment developments that perform as beautifully as they look.

Creating Comfortable Spaces, Inside and Out

Whether designing a luxury residence, townhouse development or multi-residential apartment complex, controlling heat gain and glare is critical to occupant comfort.

Soltis 86 and Soltis 92 are engineered to reduce solar heat before it reaches the glazing, helping maintain cooler interiors while reducing reliance on mechanical cooling. At the same time, they preserve valuable natural light and outward views, allowing residents to remain visually connected with their surroundings.

Externally, the fabrics transform patios, balconies, terraces and communal spaces into comfortable, usable environments throughout the year, enhancing both liveability and property value.

Choosing the Right Fabric for the Design

While sharing the same premium engineering, each fabric offers distinct performance characteristics.

Soltis 86 features an open weave that delivers excellent visibility and daylight management. It is ideal where maintaining outward views is a priority while still providing effective solar protection.

Soltis 92 offers a denser weave with greater solar protection and increased privacy, making it an excellent choice for west-facing façades, apartment balconies and areas exposed to intense solar gain.

Together, they provide architects with the flexibility to specify the right solution for each orientation and application.

The Advantage of Précontraint® Technology

At the heart of every Soltis fabric is Serge Ferrari’s patented Précontraint® technology a manufacturing process that sets the fabric under constant tension during production.

Unlike conventional woven fabrics, this unique process ensures exceptional dimensional stability, meaning the fabric retains its shape throughout its service life with minimal elongation or distortion.

For architects and façade designers, this translates into several important benefits:

• Outstanding flatness and visual uniformity
• Long-term dimensional stability
• Excellent tensile strength
• Reduced sagging over time
• Consistent performance across large spans
• Reliable installation and lasting aesthetic quality

The result is a shading system that continues to look precise and perform as intended for years after installation.

Colour as a Design Tool

Architectural shading should complement the building not compete with it.

Soltis 86 and 92 are available in an extensive palette of contemporary colours, enabling architects to coordinate with façade materials, glazing systems and landscape elements. From understated neutrals to bold architectural statements, the broad colour range supports design intent while maintaining the fabrics’ high technical performance.

This flexibility makes Soltis equally suited to premium residential homes, boutique developments and large-scale apartment projects.

Durable Elegance

Performance means little without longevity.

Serge Ferrari has built a global reputation for producing high-performance architectural textiles that withstand demanding environmental conditions while maintaining their appearance over time. Soltis fabrics resist UV degradation, weathering and everyday wear, delivering dependable performance with low maintenance requirements.

Their refined surface finish, colour stability and enduring structural integrity have made them a preferred specification for architects seeking materials that combine technical credibility with timeless design.

A Smarter Approach to Residential Design

As sustainability, occupant wellbeing and energy efficiency continue to shape residential architecture, external solar shading has become more than an optional design featureit is a key component of building performance.

By combining advanced Précontraint® technology, exceptional durability, an extensive colour palette and elegant design, Serge Ferrari Soltis 86 and Soltis 92 offer architects the confidence to create residential environments that are comfortable, efficient and visually enduring.

When every detail matters, specifying materials with proven performance ensures homes and apartment developments continue to deliver value, comfort and architectural distinction for decades to come.

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