, Session Block B3
08:30 Skins from Fabrics and Foils
Chair: Katja Bernert, Mehler Texnologies, Germany
Tensile structures in Europe: Tendencies, challenges, sustainability and life cycle
- Advantages and limits of membranes as construction material
- From cradle to cradle: reuse and recycling
- Assessment of eco-efficiency
Batumi Stadium: from design to installation
- Aesthetical design of a stadium with tensioned fabric
- Implementation steps
- Advantages of tensioned fabric systems
New design language for urban architecture: Bus stations, tram stations, transfer hubs
- Increasing mobility requires rethinking of traffic concepts
- Sustainable energy concepts for pneumatic structures
- Special design methods for valuable and lasting solutions
Why limited combustible membranes are important
- The new Euroclass A2 - Limited combustible membranes
- Fire tests: Euroclass A2, B and E rated membranes
- Related standards and tests - Importance of certificates
Lightweight design with spacer fabrics
- Lightweight design with technical textiles for the building skin
- 3D-textiles in architecture
- FabricFoam: resilient material design with fabric and foam
10:00 Coffee Break