Tenap Nguyen, Interior designer and ARC+ user,
talks about the Airbus pavilion project at the
aeronautics salon in Dubai

 « I've been using ARC+ for 18 years now.
For my line of work, it is an excellent software»

Encounter with Tenap Nguyen, Director of Design at the HG Creations Agency (www.hgcreations.fr), specializing in the conception and the execution of exhibition stands, settings for various events and unique temporary constructions for over 30 years. Due to its unique positioning of transitory luxury events, HG Creations has won several design awards. One of these awards is the "Stratégies" magazine [Strategies] interior design award for the creation of the Airbus pavilion, designed for the initiation of the A380. HG Creations' long association with Airbus accounts for its becoming an incontrovertibly important reference in the domain of aeronautics.

The HG Creations team has been developing new concepts for Airbus Pavilions for the last ten years. « Today, the look is very minimalist, in white and cream with color shades, fabrics inspired by mashrabiya patterns, and a few touches of frosted glass which confer a refined elegance to the space », says Tenap Nguyen.

HG Creations has followed these artistic guidelines while planning the 450m2 pavilion for the aeronautics salon in Dubai on November 2005. Building of the pavilion lasted seventeen days, and the finished project included a reception lounge with a special VIP area reserved for management, a restaurant for clients (Local as well as foreigners) and a VIP restaurant. Except for the padded leather and the wall stucco, all elements were designed in record time of three days, manufactured in France and then sent to Dubai.

This project has been entirely modelised using ARC+, which Tenap Nguyen is using now for over 18 years. He has chosen ARC+ for its performance and the flexibility it offers in the creation and manipulation of lines and curves. Nguyen also finds that the ease with which custom-built elements are created in ARC+ is essential for his work, especially for those unique temporary structures such as the Airbus project. He concluded by saying that each CAD software has stronger and weaker points, and for his line of work "ARC+ is an excellent software".