News

- Minutes of the previous Partner Meeting (Milano, 2007.04.15)
- Current financial condition of the TensiNet Association
- The proposal from Woodhead Publishing: a possibility for the 2nd edition of the Design Guide
- Reports of the TensiNet Working Groups:
o Specifications
o Website and Database
o Research and Development
o ETFE …
- Short report of the Iberia Section activities (Juan Monjo Carrió)
- The status of the founding partners
- Dates for the next meetings
- Upcoming events
- Misc.

The TensiNet Working Group “Website and Database”

Proposed modifications to the website:
• Implementation of a Content Management System (CMS)
• An improved event calendar
• Integration of the TensiNet database: newly added/modified projects will be displayed on the website
• The user will be able to subscribe to a number of different RSS-feeds on the website
• Better management of the users of the system
• Enable partners and/or members to upload their own interesting files to the library
• The website will be more secure, avoiding annoying pop-up windows
• …

Proposed modifications to the database:
• A more user-friendly user interface that is oriented towards more user participation
• All the thumbnails will be reviewed
• Pagination will be added to the list of projects
• Next to the RSS-feeds, the user will have the possibility to subscribe to a certain type of project, causing the user to receive an e-mail, whenever a new project has been added or altered
• The search interface will also be revised
• …

Annual General Meeting 2007.

Presentation of TensiNet's activities and future plans to the members
Agenda:

1. ACTIVITIES 2007

Events
International Symposium in Milano
Textile Roofs 2007
Techtextil 2007
The outcome of the Student Competition at Techtextil
Publications
TensiNews
Meetings/networking
Partners meetings
Iberian section

2. WORKING GROUPS

1. Website (Marijke Mollaert, Erik Moncrieff e.a)
2. Design Guide (Erik Moncrieff, Alex Heslop e.a.)
Subtopics to the workgroup “Design Guide”
Environmental design (John Chilton, Alex Heslop)
Architectural design (Marijke Mollaert)
Structural design (Bernd Stimpfle)
Manufacturing and material (Canobbio, CenoTec)
Materials and analysis (Peter Gosling)
3. Research and Developments (Heidrun Bögner, John Chilton, Marijke Mollaert e.a.)
4. General Strategies (Stefania Lombardi e.a.)
5. Disaster Relief (Alex Heslop e.a.)
6. Specifications (Klaus Gipperich)

Pneumatics, ETFE, Advertising and Promotion?


3. CURRENT MEMBER LIST AND FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TENSINET ASSOCIATION

4. FUTURE

Planned activities
Dates for the next meetings

5. MISC

6. DISCUSSION

In addition to a comprehensive programme of lectures presented in English by key figures from the membrane structure industry and academia, opportunity for the study and hands-on development of practical case-studies in an informal tutorial environment will be provided.

During the afternoons the hands-on workshops will be run with opportunities for both computational and physical modelling. In parallel to this practical activity, specialised lectures will be presented on state-of-the-art topics for the more advanced participants. These will include algorithmic approaches, computational algorithm theory and textile technology as well as corporate presentations from prominent lightweight structure firms.

The aim of the symposium is to increase the interest in and appreciation for membrane and lightweight structures. Architects, engineers and constructors as well as professors and students interested or involved in the design and manufacture of non-conventional structures are invited to presentations about existing lightweight constructions, ongoing projects and future applications.

At the beginning of a new millennium the world is economically and socially changing at a fast pace. Consequence is that the performance requirements for buildings are also under review. During the life cycle of buildings these requirements change, adaptation to new circumstances is therefore a must.

Adaptables 2006 wants to focus on the needs and drives for adaptation and look at the new technologies and materials that are available. Adaptables 2006 will bring together clients, designers, structural engineers and the construction industry each with their own visions and interests to exchange views and experiences in the field of adaptable buildings.
Adaptables 2006 is organized around two themes. One is the relationship between clients and the construction industry regarding adaptable buildings. The other concerns the design and engineering of adaptable buildings. Participants of the conference are free to attend sessions on both themes. By bringing together professionals and academics working with adaptable structures the organizers of the conference hope to evoke inspiring discussions and new academic insights.

The TensiNet Annual General Meeting will take place during the Structural Membranes Conference 2005. A special half-day session will be planned.

Thursday, 26th of February 2004

10.30 Welcome
11.00 Discussion of the chapters 9/10/A3
13.00 Sandwich Lunch
14.00 Discussion within the working group ARCH of the chapters 2/3/4/5
14.00 Discussion within the working group ENG of the chapters 6/7/8/A1/A2
19.30 Common Dinner in the centre of Brussels

Friday, 27th of February 2004

09.00 ‘TensiNet’ after EU-Support?
09.30 New EU-Proposals?
10.00 Presentation of FORMFINDER
Robert Wehdorn-Roithmayr
11.00 Discussion within the working group ARCH of the chapters 2/3/4/5 (continued)
11.00 Discussion within the working group ENG of the chapters 6/7/8/A1/A2 (continued)
13.00 Lunch
15.00 Discussion on the Design Guide (issues to be chosen by the partners)
16.30 Closure


We meet in building Kb, meeting room MEMC (the meeting room is at the first floor)

The main concern of 7th Working Group Meeting is the implementation of the feedback on the TensiNet Design Guide.

Please send your remarks as soon as possible to Brian Forster, Marijke Mollaert and Jürgen Haase. We will make an overview of these comments chapter by chapter.

The following sections have been sent to external experts:

Chapter 2: Engineered fabric architecture
Brain Forster, Marijke Mollaert
Chapter 3: Form is function
Jürgen Bradatsch, Peter Pätzold, Rudi Scheuermann, Juan Monjo Carrió, Marijke Mollaert
Chapter 4: Environmental performance
John Chilton, Rainer Blum, Thibaut Devulder
Chapter 5: Detailing and Connections
Rogier Houtmann
Chapter 6: Structural design basis and safety criteria
Mike Barnes, Brian Forster, Mike Dencher
Chapter 7: Design loading conditions
Markus Balz, Mike Dencher
Chapter 8: Form-finding, load analysis and patterning
Mike Barnes, Lothar Gründig, Erik Moncrieff
Chapter 9: Material properties and testing
Rainer Blum, Heidun Bögner, Guy Némoz
Chapter 10: Fabrication, installation and maintenance
Klaus Gipperich, Roberto Canobbio, Marc Malinowski
Appendix A1: CP Values for simple tensile structure shapes
Mike Dencher, Markus Balz
Appendix A2: CP values for open roof stadiums
Markus Balz, Mike Barnes
Appendix A3: Testing methods and standards
Rainer Blum, Heidrun Bögner, Guy Némoz

The pdf files of the paper version of the TensiNet Design Guide, like it was sent to you and to the experts recently, is available for the partners at:
http://www.tensinet.com/library.php?section=designguide


the filenames contain the word \\\\\\\'draft\\\\\\\' at the end:

002_EngineeredFabricArchitecture_draft.pdf
002_images.pdf
003_form-is-function-270104_draft.pdf
003_form-is-function-fig-part3-190104_draft.pdf
004_EnvironmentalPerformance_draft.pdf
005_DetailsAndConnections_draft.pdf
006_StructuralDesignBasisAndSafetyCriteria_draft.pdf
007_DesignLoadingConditions_draft.pdf
008_FormfindingAnalysisAndPatterning_draft.pdf
009_MaterialPropertiesAndTesting_draft.pdf
010_FabricationInstallationAndMaintenance_draft.pdf
01A1_CpValuesForSimpleTensileStructureShapes_draft.pdf
01A2_CpValuesForOpenStadiumRoofs_draft.pdf
01A3_TestingMethodsAndStandards_draft.pdf

Please, bring a printed copy to the meeting in order facilitate the discussion.

HOTEL INFORMATION

ibis Hotel
100, rue du Marché aux Herbes - Grasmarkt 100
1000 Brussels
Tel: +32 (0)2 514 40 40
Fax: +32 (0)2 514 50 67

Hotel Novotel
120, rue du Marché aux Herbes - Grasmarkt 120
1000 Brussels
Tel: +32 (0)2 514 33 33
Fax: +32 (0)2 511 77 23

Second Partners Meeting 2006

On the 16th of may, SBR (the Dutch Foundation for Building Research) organises a seminar on membrane roofstructures for high performance building envelopes in the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi) in Rotterdam. Architects, researchers and practitioners focus on design and engineering issues related to realised construction projects.

For more information about the program and for registration visit SBR’s website:
http://www.sbr.nl/default.aspx?ctid=5177