Day 1, Session Block C1
15:00 Architectural Membranes for High-performance Envelopes
Chair: Timothy Liddell, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
CAD-integrated approach for the design of structural membranes
- Design cycle of structural membranes
- Form-finding, structural analysis and patterning
- CAD-integrated design and analysis
Programmable textiles for building façade applications
- Textile technological skins
- Shape-making method
- Process fundamentals and possible applications
Adaptive membrane façades
- Importance of resource efficiency
- Adaptive skins and structures for the built environment
- Potential of adaptive membrane façades
Brief Presentation
Sustainable waterproofing of expansion joints
15:45 Coffee Break