CURTIVIA™ Fire Curtain Applications
Protecting the Spaces That Matter Most
CURTIVIA™ Fire Curtains are designed to adapt to the evolving demands of modern architecture, enabling effective fire protection without restricting openness. They are particularly suited for environments where flexible compartmentation is essential, allowing spaces to remain visually and functionally uninterrupted during normal use while ensuring reliable separation when required. From high-traffic public zones to specialized areas, they support safe, compliant design across a wide range of building applications.
Open Internal Spaces
CURTIVIA™ Fire curtains provide effective fire compartmentation in large open internal spaces such as open-plan offices, retail storefronts, convention centers, airport terminals, galleries, and educational facilities. Designed for environments where fixed barriers can restrict openness, they remain concealed during daily operation while deploying automatically during emergencies, helping control fire spread without compromising architectural flexibility, visibility, or free movement within integrated spaces.
Corridor Compartmentation / Corridor Separation
Protected corridor compartmentation is essential in hospitals, commercial buildings, hotels, transport hubs, shopping malls, and educational campuses where safe escape routes must be maintained. By separating long corridors into protected fire zones upon activation, CURTIVIA™ Fire Curtains help restrict fire spread while preserving protected means of escape and uninterrupted accessibility. Integrated discreetly within the building design, they maintain seamless movement and visual continuity across shared circulation areas.
Open Kitchens
Open kitchen concepts are widely used in modern hospitality and dining spaces for their interactive and welcoming design, but the presence of cooking appliances and open flames increases fire risk significantly. CURTIVIA™ Fire Curtains help create deployable fire separation between kitchen and dining areas, supporting safer evacuation while preserving visibility, customer experience, and the open spatial character of restaurants, food courts, hotels, and cafeterias.
Basements
Basement compartmentation is critical in enclosed car parks where fire can spread rapidly through shared underground spaces. CURTIVIA™ Fire Curtains help create protected fire boundaries during a fire event, enhancing occupant safety during evacuation and reducing vertical fire spread through lifts and staircases. During everyday use, they maintain unobstructed vehicle movement, parking efficiency, and functional basement layouts without restricting the free flow of the parking environment.
Lift Lobbies
Lift lobby compartmentation is critical in high-rise buildings, hospitals, hotels, residential towers, and commercial developments where lift shafts can contribute to vertical fire spread between floors. CURTIVIA™ Fire Curtains help create protected fire separation around lift lobby areas, preserving safer circulation and escape interfaces while reducing fire transfer through connected vertical zones. Their concealed integration allows lift lobby spaces to remain visually open while maintaining uninterrupted occupant movement to the building.
Stairs & Escalators
CURTIVIA™ Fire Curtains help create protected fire separation around stair and escalator openings in malls, commercial buildings, hotels, airports, and public infrastructure where interconnected floors can contribute to rapid vertical fire spread. Supporting safer movement between levels, they help limit fire transfer through escalator voids and stair openings. Designed for modern multi-level environments, they integrate seamlessly within open circulation zones without disrupting the spatial experience of the building.
Atriums
Atriums in shopping malls, hotels, airports, commercial buildings, and large public developments create open vertical spaces where fire can spread rapidly across multiple floors. By creating deployable fire separation around atrium perimeters, CURTIVIA™ Fire Curtains help enhance fire compartmentation thereby providing safer evacuation. Designed to blend within contemporary architecture, they preserve expansive views, daylight penetration, and the overall experience of large, connected interiors.
Boundary Protection
Boundary protection is critical in commercial buildings, shopping malls, industrial facilities, and large public spaces where fire can spread between adjoining structures, nearby buildings within close proximity, or through unprotected openings such as windows. CURTIVIA™ Fire Curtains help maintain compartment integrity and reduce horizontal fire transfer while supporting compliant fire separation at critical boundary interfaces. Their flexible integration enables effective protection without introducing permanent barriers or restricting functional building layouts.
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