16:00 Textile Architecture
Chair: Katja Bernert, Low and Bonar, Germany
Smart façades – innovations in textile architecture
- Old challenges - new solutions
- Developing new functions for proven membranes
- New technologies in combination with well-tried fabrics
Patrycja Bosowski-Schönberg, Low and Bonar GmbH, Germany
Textile envelopes – surprising materials, surprising effects
- Choosing the right façade materials for different projects
- Effects of different materials in various applications
- Engineering textile façades
Gerd Schmid, formTL, Germany
Tensile wrap for an office building in Ecuador
- Merits of mesh fabrics for façade applications
- Sun shading and wind shield
- Using the mesh for movie projections
Katja Bernert, Low and Bonar GmbH, Germany
17:30 End of Conference Day 1