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TensiNews - Newsletter Nr. 31 - SEPTEMBER 2016 TensiNet publications Newsletter Nr. 31 - September 2016 Price 15€ (port incl) http://www.tensinet.com/files/TensiNet_Publications/Tensinews_31_-_autumn_2016_LR_1-4.pdf

TensiNews - Newsletter Nr. 31 - SEPTEMBER 2016 TensiNet publications Newsletter Nr. 31 - September 2016 Price 15€ (port incl) http://www.tensinet.com/files/TensiNet_Publications/Tensinews_31_-_autumn_2016_LR_1-4.pdf

TENSINET - COST ACTION TU1303 SYMPOSIUM 2016 - Novel structural skins

The leading theme of the upcoming Symposium will be Novel structural skins - Improving sustainability and efficiency through new structural textile materials and designs.

The 3-day event will start with an Open Session on Wednesday 26 October (14:00 - 20:00) with a focus on Built projects. The aim is to attract an audience of architects, engineers and professionals, new to, or not regularly involved in the design of Novel Structural Skins who are interested in recent developments and gaining an impression of the possibilities of structural membranes and the creative solutions light weight skins offer.

The 2nd and 3rd day of the Symposium will be in depth presentations on research topics and results, covering the following areas: New applications of structural skins and new concepts; Sustainability and Life Cycle Analysis of structural skins;  Building physics and energy performance of structural skins;  Materials and analysis; From material to structure and limit states: codes and standardization.

Prominent experts in the membrane architecture and engineering world will introduce each plenary session.

The keynote speakers:

• Shajay Bhooshan (Zaha Hadid Architects)

• Raul Fangueiro (University of Minho)

• Al Fisher (Buro Happold)

• Jan Knippers (Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, University of Stuttgart)

• Julian Lienhard (str.ucture)

• Carl Maywald (Vector Foiltec)

• Gordon Mungall (Arup)

• Martin Tamke (School of Architecture, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts)

• Jürgen Wacker (Wacker Ingenieure)

• Steve Webb (Webb Yates Engineers)

The 20^th International Workshop on the Design and Practical Realisation of Architectural Membrane Structures

Open Event on Built projects

Prominent experts in the architectural and engineering world will present inspiring projects to illustrate the multitude of possibilities that lightweight structures offer. The following Keynote speakers have confirmed:

·         Shajay Bhooshan (Zaha Hadid Office, London). The keynote lecture will focus on Formfinding and Tectonic Articulation: Making Performative Logics Speak.

·         Julian Lienhard (str.ucture GmbH, Stuttgart). The keynote lecture will focus on Pushing the Boundaries of Textiles in Architecture.

·         Carl Maywald (Vector Foiltec GmbH, Bremen). The keynote lecture will focus on “Sustainability – the art of modern architecture”.

·         Al Fisher (BuroHappold Engineering). The keynote lecture will focus on recent projects, in particular his team’s applied research and design of wide span cable net roofs, including the London Olympic Stadium and its recent transformation.

The keynote lectures will be followed by more presentations on projects showing advances in design and applications.

The one day event (Fee £25) will be of particular interest to architects, engineers and professionals  who may not be able to attending the full conference but still want to be in touch with recent developments. Further information can be found at http://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/tensinet2016/programme/ 

The proceedings will be published in an online issue of Procedia Engineering on www.ScienceDirect.com and be made freely accessible (open access) in perpetuity to a worldwide audience.

III International Conference on Structures and Architecture

From March 20 to 22, IMS e. V. and the Anhalt University invite students and alumni of the Master Course in Membrane Structures, international specialists and partners as well as various industries working in the field of textile and membrane building to an international Membrane Symposium in Dessau-Roßlau, Germany. The convention is taking place next to the famous Bauhaus-Building.

Besides the congress IMS will celebrate its 15th anniversary and the start of the 10th Master Course in Membrane Structures. Therefore all current and previous students of IMS as well as friends, members and special guests will be invited to the Grand Opening Party.