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18th Advanced Building Skins Conference & Expo
30-31 October 2023, Bern, Switzerland

18th Advanced Building Skins Conference & Expo
30-31 October 2023, Bern, Switzerland

18th Advanced Building Skins Conference & Expo
30-31 October 2023, Bern, Switzerland

18th Advanced Building Skins Conference & Expo
30-31 October 2023, Bern, Switzerland

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, Session Block A3

16:15 Architectural Membranes for High-performance Building Skins

Chair: Marijke Mollaert, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Fabric façades from recycled PET bottles

  • Lightweight façades for new and refurbished buildings
  • Recycled fabrics in sustainability assessments
  • EPD’s for fabric façades to enhance ecological footprint

Katja Bernert, Mehler Texnologies GmbH, Hückelhoven, Germany

Special grades of ETFE film for unique projects

  • UV-cut, pigmented and matted ETFE film
  • New low-haze ETFE film for façade and roofing
  • High reflective printed ETFE film solutions

Ben Runhaar, AGC Chemicals Europe, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Prediction of rain noise in large halls covered by structural skins

  • Modelling of roofs as surface sound sources
  • Acoustic simulation of rain noise distribution in large atria
  • Impact of the room geometry on noise caused by rain

Monika Rychtarikova, KU Leuven, Belgium

Transparent ETFE cushion roof

  • Integration in existing industrial architecture
  • Variable glazing walls
  • Compression ring and radial cables

Fridolin Mall, formTL, Radolfzell, Germany

Moveable structures as 5th skin

  • Sliding systems
  • Membranes
  • Adaptivity

Christoph Paech, schlaich bergermann partner, Stuttgart, Germany

The long way to 1000m³ ETFE-Cloud

  • Standing on only 6 filigree columns
  • “Flying” between the houses
  • Internal supporting structure

Thomas Toepfer, se cover, Germany

17:45 End of Conference Day 1

19:30 Evening Reception

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