KE Outdoor Design pergolas in Lazio: Kedry, Isola, Gennius Vega

Michelessi sells and installs KE Outdoor Design pergolas: the bioclimatic Kedry models, the retractable-roof pergolas Isola and Keplan, the Gennius Vega, the Vertika and Line Glass enclosures and the awnings. The survey, the 3D design and the installation by our own team start from our showroom in Aprilia, on the Via Pontina at km 45.350, and cover Rome, Latina and the whole of Lazio.

KE Outdoor Design is the brand of KE Protezioni Solari S.r.l., based in Noventa di Piave, in the province of Venice. Founded in 1987 on folding-arm, cassette and drop awnings, it belongs to the FrontYard Group (formerly BAT Group) and states that it designs and makes everything in Italy. It also declares UNI EN ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certification, and the data sheets of its pergolas and awnings carry CE marking under UNI EN 13561.

What we add is the stone trade we have practised in Aprilia since 1976: the KE pergola is drawn in the same design as the stone outdoor kitchen, the paving and the pool, and the team that lays the granite worktop also erects the pergola. The other families of the department are on the parent page Bioclimatic pergolas, awnings and enclosures.

KE bioclimatic pergolas are aluminium structures with a roof of adjustable louvres: open, they let air and light through; tilted, they give shade; closed, they form a roof that, on the models with perimeter gutters, drains the rain through downpipes in the columns. Figures declared by the manufacturer:

These are the maximum sizes declared for a single module. Kedry Prime and Kedry Neos have modules that can be joined side by side, the Neos in width or in projection.

Kedry Prime

It is the Kedry with the widest declared maximum width, 500 cm, and louvres adjustable up to 135°. The Vertika Prime screens, on the sides and the front, retract fully into the structure; sliding glass walls, optional LED strips, sensors and home automation can be added, with control from an application. A Classic version has existed since 2024.

Kedry Skylife

The louvres rotate and fold back: with the roof fully open you sit under the sky, which a merely adjustable louvre does not allow. Free-standing on four columns or wall-mounted on two, with Vertika and Line Glass enclosures.

Kedry Neos

175 mm louvres with an integrated drip edge, which take Vertika, Line Glass, drape curtains and sunshade slats. The wind class is 5: on the seafront we weigh it more carefully.

Kedry Plus, Plus A and Plus T

Free-standing structure with linear motors and wind, snow and rain sensors. The Kedry Plus A is the wall-mounted version, fixed to the wall; the Kedry Plus T is the roof variant, with the cover alone.

How louvres, gutters and sensors work is explained in Bioclimatic pergola: what it is and how it works.

In the KE catalogue the retractable-roof pergolas have a technical fabric that folds back, on a flat or low-arched roof: they are the pergotende of the range, for a light or very deep cover.

Isola 2 is free-standing, with powder-coated aluminium profiles, concealed stainless-steel screws, a movable baffle and integrated rainwater collection, over 500 technical fabrics; the variants are the Isola 2 A (wall-mounted) and Isola 2 T (roof only). Isola 3 has full modularity and takes underfloor heating and mechanical ventilation. Keplan has height-adjustable columns, useful on sloping ground. Saki has a roof made of several draped fabrics. The comparison with the bioclimatic pergola is in Retractable-fabric pergolas; if you are still choosing between a pergola, a pergotenda, a lean-to roof, a gazebo and a veranda, the difference is in the guide Bioclimatic pergola, pergotenda, gazebo or veranda: the differences.

The Gennius Vega is the pitched-roof pergola with folding fabric: width up to 1300 cm and projection up to 700 cm, wind class 6, light inserts along guides and columns, a Vertika Prime front screen and programmed opening from the application. Alongside it stand the T1 canopy and the A100 Star, A100 Lux and A2 Compact.

In roll-up fabric pergolas the fabric rolls up instead of folding, with a minimum slope of 7° and over 34 fabric colours. The Xtesa reaches 1500 cm in width and 700 cm in projection, with wind class 6 and water-tightness class 3; the Hydra, with its fabric in a cassette and a slope from 10° to 30°, is declared in wind class 3 and water class 2, so we assess it for sheltered positions. The Sunlight winter garden (Glassroom is the name of the KE family), with a 10 mm laminated glass roof and, since 2024, a photovoltaic version, is covered in Photovoltaic pergolas.

Vertika

Vertical drop screens to close one or more sides, in blackout, shading or transparent fabrics; the data sheets show Vertika Prime and Vertika Sunlight, the references the Vertika GPZ, also in clear PVC.

Line Glass

Panoramic sliding glass walls in 10 or 12 mm toughened glass (extra-clear, reflective, etched or smoked), 18 mm high aluminium guides, 3-, 4- or 5-track rails, up to 10 m wide and 3 m high.

Sunshade slats

Vertical powder-coated aluminium slats for privacy, compatible with Kedry Skylife, Kedry Prime, Kedry Neos and Isola 3.

LED lighting

Dimmable strips, white or RGB, in the profiles; the Light&Music kit adds audio.

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Electric radiant underfloor heating (plates under a floating floor) and mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, for Kedry Skylife, Kedry Prime and Isola 3. The KE catalogue has no heating lamps.

If the enclosures make the pergola usable in every season, the permit picture changes, as we explain below; the solutions are compared on the page Pergola enclosures: sliding glass walls and zip screens.

Among the models, folding-arm awnings: Quad (40 × 40 mm square steel bar, up to 1200 × 360 cm), Victory for large covers, Venezia Gold and Prisma. With cassette: Qubica Flat, Qubica Light, Qubica Plumb, Antalia and Domea. Hood awnings: Serena and America A-B. Drop awnings: Roma, Genova - Maratea and Italia Slim - New Italia. Recessed: Inca, up to 600 cm wide and 360 cm in projection. Roller: Screeny and, flush with the plaster, Screeny Hide (zip or cable). Stainless-steel sails: Kolibrie, Kheope and Kheope K13, the last two declared resistant to the weather and to salt air. The full list is on KE's website. How to choose between folding-arm, drop and cassette awnings, including in a block of flats, is in Folding-arm, drop and cassette awnings.

The UNI EN 13561 standard classifies awnings and pergolas by wind resistance. KE gives class 6 as the highest and declares it for some products, not for the whole range: Kedry Skylife, Kedry Prime, Kedry Plus, Keplan, Isola 2, Gennius Vega and Xtesa: class 6 declared; Kedry Neos class 5; Hydra class 3. The Italia Slim drop awning is also class 3. In its FAQ KE links class 6 to a wind of about 88 km/h; for snow it declares a load of up to 350 kg/m² on some products, without tying it to a model: before ordering we check the data sheet of the chosen model.

On the coast at Anzio, Nettuno, Sabaudia and the Circeo, what matters is the wind class, the wind and rain sensors and the materials: powder-coated aluminium profiles (declared for Isola 2) and concealed stainless-steel screws (declared for Isola 2 and Keplan). The class describes the structure and does not replace the sensors: by the sea we always recommend connecting them to the pergola's control. Further reading: Maintenance and durability, Lazio coast and Anzio and Nettuno.

KE's website shows installations in Lazio carried out by the manufacturer or by other dealers in its network. They are not Michelessi projects: they help to understand what holds up in this climate and how the models are used.

• Rome, Best Western Plus Hotel Universo: four Kedry Skylife covering 190 m², with Line Glass walls.
• Rome, Hotel Mercure Roma Centro Colosseo: on the bar terrace, two Gennius Isola 2 and four Gennius Tens covering 65 m².
• Albano Laziale: a 24 m² Gennius Isola 2 at a villa for receptions, with a glass wall on the side most exposed to the wind and clear-PVC Vertika GPZ on the others.
• Atina (Frosinone): a wall-mounted Kedry Prime of 450 × 830 cm, about 37 m², with the Light&Music kit, beside the pool of a private villa; structure and louvres in matt brown RAL 8014.
• Coast of the province of Latina: a 400 × 505 cm Kedry Prime and a Qubica Plumb at a seafront house, replacing four sails torn by the wind.

We design and install the same models in Aprilia and in the areas of Rome, Latina, Aprilia, Pomezia and Ardea, Anzio and Nettuno, the Castelli Romani, Frosinone and the Lazio coast.

A Kedry Prime or an Isola 2 over an outdoor kitchen is the case where being stonemasons really counts. Our technical office draws in a single 3D design the pergola, the refractory-stone kitchen with barbecue and oven, the worktop in granite, quartzite, sintered stone or marble, the paving and the pool, so that columns, downpipes, smoke and lighting are in the right place. Then the same team lays the stone and erects the pergola. The smoke and heat of the barbecue and the oven also weigh in the choice between a louvred roof and a fabric roof.

The kitchen remains outdoor furniture, not a room; where all the sides are closed and services are fixed, we ask for the opinion of the municipal technical office. The subject is explored in Outdoor kitchen under a pergola, Outdoor kitchens and Barbecues and ovens in refractory stone.

A KE bioclimatic or retractable-fabric pergola, attached or annexed to the house and without permanent enclosures, in many cases falls within permit-free building work ("edilizia libera") under article 6, paragraph 1, letter b-ter of Italy's Consolidated Building Act (DPR 380/2001), introduced by the Salva Casa decree; KE also cites the permit-free building glossary (Ministerial Decree of 2 March 2018, item 50). Municipal regulations, landscape protection, condominium rules and distances remain, and a work permanently closed on all sides must be checked with the municipality: we check them for you at the survey, before ordering.

The conditions in full are in Permits for pergolas in Italy; for a condominium terrace there is Pergola on a condominium terrace.

The price of a KE pergola is not a price list per square metre: it depends on the model, the size and number of modules, the configuration (free-standing or wall-mounted, with the slab's load capacity to be checked), the enclosures, the motors, sensors, lighting and heating, and the installation. Our quotation lists these items on the same drawing, so you can compare it with others. If the pergola meets the ENEA requirements for solar shading it may qualify for the Italian tax deductions, to be checked with your accountant: Tax deductions for awnings and pergolas; the items of the quotation are in How much does a bioclimatic pergola cost.

The showroom is in Aprilia, less than an hour from Rome. Here we show you the 3D design and the KE technical material beside the stone slabs. The free survey, the design and the installation by our own team follow the path described in Bespoke pergolas: survey, design, installation; with KE, what is added is the order to the manufacturer, in a wide colour range and with RAL shades on request, and the testing of motors and sensors on delivery.

After installation we remain your point of contact: we order spare parts and fabrics from KE and request the Declaration of Performance (DoP) when it is needed for the tax file. KE declares after-sales service on all its products; we state the manufacturer's warranty in the quotation.

If you have not yet chosen a brand, we set KE beside Gibus and Pratic in the guide Gibus vs KE vs Pratic: how to choose.

The survey and the quotation are free in Aprilia, Rome, Latina and throughout Lazio: write or call Michelessi SRL, Via Pontina km 45.350, Aprilia (Latina); phone and WhatsApp +39 06 9275383.

1. Free site survey
   We come to your home, in Rome, Latina or anywhere in Lazio, and measure dimensions, fixings, exposure to sun and wind, water drainage and the condition of the terrace or garden.
2. 3D design with kitchen, paving and pool
   Our technical office draws the KE pergola in the same design as the stone outdoor kitchen, the paving and the pool, and shows you models, colours and enclosures in 3D.
3. Checks on planning rules, condominium and restrictions
   We check the «edilizia libera» conditions (letter b-ter), the municipal regulations, landscape restrictions, distances and the condominium rules. We tell you before ordering.
4. Choice of model and order
   You choose between Kedry Prime, Kedry Skylife, Kedry Neos, Kedry Plus, Isola 2, Isola 3, Keplan or Gennius Vega, the Vertika or Line Glass enclosures and the accessories; we place the made-to-measure order with KE, in a wide colour range and with RAL shades on request.
5. Installation by our own team and testing
   The same team installs structure, kitchen and paving, tests motors, sensors and lights and hands over the use and maintenance manual, with the product code printed on the hologram, which is needed for the Declaration of Performance.
6. Service over the years
   For adjustments, spare parts and maintenance you call us in Aprilia: we work throughout Lazio with the team that fitted the pergola.

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• Outdoor kitchen under a pergola: stone and shade, one design
• Gibus vs KE vs Pratic: how to choose a bioclimatic pergola
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