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, 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

Carol Monticelli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Batumi Stadium: from design to installation

  • Aesthetical design of a stadium with tensioned fabric
  • Implementation steps
  • Advantages of tensioned fabric systems

Fevzi Dansik, Asma Germe Membran Sistemleri Mim., Istanbul, Turkey

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

Gerd Schmid, formTL, Germany

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

Allan Hurdle, AKH Services Ltd, Colchester, United Kingdom

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

Claudia Lueling, University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt, Germany

10:00 Coffee Break