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CALL for contributions TensiNews 37
We invite our TensiNet members to submit for the next TensiNews issue an article, project description, upcoming event, new development, research report or book review.
Send your contribution to evi.corne@vub.be.
Deadline Deadline Wednesday 3th July 2019
TENSINET SYMPOSIUM 2019 – disseminate our upcoming event 3-5 June
The TensiNet Symposium 2019 entitled "Softening the Habitats. Sustainable innovations in minimal structures and light architectures" will be held at the Politecnico di Milano from the 3rd till the 5th of June. It is an occasion to meet international colleagues!
The conference includes three mornings of plenary sessions with key-lectures by:
Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen (Center for Informatics and Architecture, KADK, Denmark)
Neven Sidor (Grimshaw, United Kingdom)
Christoph Paech (Schlaich Bergemann Partner, Germany)
Julian Lienhard (str.ucture GmbH, Germany)
Maibritt Pedersen Zari (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Jan Knippers (Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design, Germany)
Norihide Imagawa (TIS & Partner, Japan)
and three afternoons of parallel sessions with over sixty contributions selected through blind review by an international scientific committee.
Together with the conference, an exhibition of posters and prototypes IN.TENSION will be inaugurated, which will be set up on the Leonardo campus from the 3rd till the 15th of June.
More information is available on the website: http://www.tensinet2019.polimi.it.
You can register directly at the following link: www.tensinetsymposium2019.promoest.com.
Link to the flyer https://www.tensinet.com/files/Tensinet_Symposia/Flyer%20TS19%2005.2019.pdf
TENSINET SYMPOSIUM 2019 – discount for TensiNet members
The upcoming TensiNet Symposium 2019 is approaching!
The symposium will take place at Politecnico di Milano, from the 3rd to the 5th of June 2019 and its main theme is Softening the Habitats. Sustainable innovation in Minimal Mass Structures and Lightweight Architectures. We propose a twofold reflection by means of the conference and its counterbalance, the IN.TENSION exhibition that will be held from the 3rd to 15th of June 2019.
More than 60 contributions so far cover a wide spectrum of the three main topics of the 6th TensiNet edition: Soft Structures (June the 3rd), Softening the Environment (June the 4th) and Soft Skin (June the 5th) that are introduced by an inspiring mix of keynote lectures. Confirmed keynote speakers are Christoph Paech (Schlaich Bergemann Partner, Germany); Julian Lienhard (str.ucture GmbH, Germany); Neven Sidor (Grimshaw, UK); Maibritt Pedersen Zari (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand); Norihide Imagawa (TIS&Partner, Japan); Jan Knippers (Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design, Germany) and Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen (Centre for IT and Architecture, KADK, Denmark).
TensiNet members receive a 20% discount on the registration fee. For details, please visit the official TS19 website www.tensinet2019.polimi.it or contact us by email.
May we ask you to disseminate our TensiNet symposium to colleagues and friends!
Looking forward to seeing you all in Milan.
TensiNews - Newsletter Nr. 36 - April 2019
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Textile Roofs 2019
The well-established series of Textile Roofs is back home.
Between 20th and 22nd of May 2019, the 24th edition of the “International Workshop on the Design and Practical Realization of Architectural Membrane Structures” will take place. After our event in Moscow in 2018 we look forward to welcome again a variety of interesting participants from the fields of architecture, engineering, manufacturing, materials and more in order to get re-united at the old site in Berlin, GERMANY, on the subjects of membrane construction.
The format of Textile Roofs is unique. In addition to a large number of high-quality specialist lectures, which are held under the scientific supervision of Prof. Rosemarie Wagner (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), the outstanding experts from all over the world will share with you their knowledge and the insight view on both: general market opportunities and the best approaches to build with textiles, based on specific projects.
There are a number of workshop activities in which you can work hands-on and talk to the respective experts. A computational modelling workshop on design, statical analysis and pattern generation for surface structures (offered by technet GmbH), an insight into the art of physical modelling of surface structures (offered by University Lecturer Jürgen Hennicke, a former assistant and scientist with the famous architect Frei Otto) and the possibility to build a real structure together with the other participants in the garden of the venue (offered by 3dtex GmbH, Berlin) are just a few of the program items that can make a visit to TR19 be interesting and useful for you.
A special guest lecture given by Mr. Nicholas Goldsmith (FTL Design Engineering Studio, New York) and an exciting evening dinner at the Spree riverside after a sightseeing tour boat trip will complete the program.
'Textile Structures for New Building' - Techtextil STUDENT COMPETITION - reminder deadline: Register by 24 February 2019
Techtextil Competition
In 2019, Techtextil – Leading international Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens – is organising the 15th 'Textile Structures for New Building' contest. As in the years before the international association TensiNet is supporting the contest as a sponsor with prize money amounting to € 8,000.
The competition will be run under the professional and technical supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. Dr. h.c. Werner Sobek, Director of the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK), University of Stuttgart. Architonic will medially accompany and support the contest again.
We cordially invite all students and young professionals (born after 1 March 1990) of architecture and civil engineering, product design, or any other relevant subjects, to apply.
This competition is designed to identify innovative thinking and innovative solutions to problems, featuring construction projects capable of concrete realisation which use textiles or textile-reinforced materials. A further aim is to encourage students and new entrants to the professions. The competition is intended to strengthen contacts between the younger generation, the technical- textiles industry, the universities and broad sections of the building industry.
We look forward to a large turnout of students and young professionals who wish to master this fascinating challenge! Deadline: Register by 24 February 2019.
Nonwovens Innovation Academy 2019
The Nonwovens Innovation Academy (NIA), hosted by the Deutsche Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf (DITF), brings together an interdisciplinary mix of academics, students, scientists, engineers and industry experts, to encourage the development of technical understanding and research to support innovation and growth in the nonwovens and related industries.
International Conference on Advanced Building Skins
The leading event on building envelopes in Europe is offering high-calibre presentations and productive networking in the building industry.
The Japanese architect and Pritzker laureate Shigeru Ban will be our keynote speaker. In a total of 24 sessions over 170 speakers are giving presentations.
The topics of this year’s conference include:
Parametric Design and Digital Fabrication
BIM - Sustainable Design with Building Information Modeling
Double Skin and Cavity Façades
Dynamic Glazing for Sustainable Building Skins
Integrating Solar Technologies into the Building Skin
Thermal Energy from the Building Skin
Biomimetics for the Building Envelope
New Forms of Concrete for the Building Envelope
