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This year the 14th edition of the student competition “Textile Structures for New Building” took place. The competition received many entries. Most contributions were inspiring, looking at functionalities from a fresh perspective, re-interpreting, showing creativity, changing the scale, integrating light, sound, new ideas for processes or methodologies, or showing refined poetic finishing. It was a pleasure to go through the well documented projects, varying from aesthetic inflated halls or improved living spaces for refugee camps to adaptable lightweight skins or panels integrating bending active elements, creating soft furniture systems, knitting or weaving wet concrete, wrapping wet threads or steering a self-active façade system made of a flexible basalt tissue.

When evaluating the entries, the jury mainly took into account the following criteria: feasibility, qualitative use of textile materials, level of innovation, aesthetics, ecological quality, resource efficiency, functionality and economic quality.

http://www.tensinet.com/files/Techtextil_Competitions/2017%20STW%20Broschuere%20FINAL.pdf

TensiNews - Newsletter Nr. 33 - SEPTEMBER 2017 -  Price 15€ (port incl)

http://www.tensinet.com/files/TensiNet_Publications/Tensinews%2033%20-%20autum%202017%20LR%20p1-4.pdf

The database has been created to make the description of built projects widely available. If you detect any inconsistency, please inform Marijke.Mollaert@vub.ac.be

The new website is on-line. Comments can be sent to marijke.mollaert@vub.ac.be or evi.corne@vub.ac.be.

The Architectural Membrane Association (AMA), founded on 15th of March 2016 in Dessau, is a neutral platform of the membrane construction industry following the common aim to broaden the market of Architectural Membrane Constructions by spreading information, strengthening and securing quality and thus increasing the confidence in the construction method. AMA safeguards and promotes the technical, economic and social interests of its international members in the field of building with membranes in the architectural context.

The common interest of the members of AMA lies in the promotion of construction with membranes, as well as the representation of interests of the members vis-à-vis authorities, associations and other organizations. The common interests specifically include the quality improvement and assurance, in order to create trust vis-à-vis third parties and the structuring and implementation of public relations work, provision of supporting advertising media and other appropriate measures for this (image, information, doctrines, training).

The association promotes fair competition and combats any type of unfair competition, as well as other deficiencies and detrimental aberrations in business practice. It neither has the character of a commercial enterprise nor can it control the business activity of its members. The association does not pursue any political or religious goals.

Companies decisively involved in the realization process of architectural membranes (companies, producing membrane materials, manufacturing membranes or decisively realizing membrane structures for architectural applications) are cordially invited to join AMA. For further information please contact info@ama-forum.com.

See http://www.tensinet.com/files/TensiNewsflash/TensiNewsflash%20June%202017.pdf

Colloquium on TEXTILE SKIN at POLIMI

Flyer: http://www.tensinet.com/files/General_information/PRINT_DEF_pieghevole_Seminario_TEXTILE_SKIN_ATE___POLIMI_2017.pdf

Program: http://www.tensinet.com/files/General_information/POSTER_DEF_convegno_ATE_TH_TEXTILE_SKIN_2017.pdf

Contact: ateservizi@tiscali.it

Opening and start of the Lightweight Membrane Structures Master´s Program at Danube University Krems (Austria) on Monday May 29th 2017 at 18:00 - Cinema at the University Campus with the Austrian Cinema Premiere of the Film Frei Otto: Spanning the Future produced by Simon K. Chiu.

Students find here a very good environment to study. The University offers a "Light-Laboratory" and a "Wind tunnel for full scale models". More information at http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/studium/lightweight-membrane-structures/index.php

TensiNews - Newsletter Nr. 32 - APRIL 2017 -  Price 15€ (port incl)

http://www.tensinet.com/files/TensiNet_Publications/Tensinews%2032%20-%20spring%202017%20%201-4.pdf

We invite our members to submit for the next TensiNews issue an article, project description, upcoming event, new development, research report or book review.

Send your contribution to evi.corne@vub.ac.be.