• NEWS TensiNet Symposium 2019 “Softening the Habitats: Sustainable Innovations in Minimal Mass Structures and Lightweight Architectures”

    27 July 2018

    Please find the flyer for the upcoming symposium 2019 - http://www.tensinet.com/files/Tensinet_Symposia/TS19COM_Flyer.PDF

     

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  • SelgasCano Pavilion at Liquid City, Bruges Triennale.14 May – 16 Sept. 2018

    19 July 2018

     

    How flexible, liquid, and resilient can a historic city like Bruges be in an age when nothing seems to be certain any longer?

    A lightweight installation by SelgasCano architects. They designed a vibrant floating pavilion in the Coupure Canal.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFNctCUe24g

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    Pictures © toerisme Brugge – Jan Dhondt

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  • 'Isoropia' at the16th International Architecture Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia (26 May - 25 Nov. 2018)

    19 July 2018

     

    Interesting installations at the Danish Pavilion - Theme: Possible Spaces - Sustainable development through collaborative innovations

    The installation 'Isoropia' - Greek: meaning balance, equilibrium and stability - is more than 35m long and made of more than 40 custom CNC knitted membranes of up to 7m length. These are set in structural equilibrium with bend glassfibre rods of varying strength. The structure creates a spatial and structural continuum through the Danish Pavilion, forming differentiated outdoor canopy structures on the two outer sides and a vaulted space in the interior. Similar to the spatial expression the structural system morphs from a cablenet system, which prestresses and stabilises the structure to one, which uses tensegrity like compression elements to prestress the knitted membrane.

    More information: https://kadk.dk/en/case/isoropia

     

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  • Competition and exhibition of innovative lightweight structures

    27 June 2018

    Competition and exhibition of innovative lightweight structures: An invitation for artists, designers, engineers, and researchers

    Organized by the new IASS Working Group 21 “Advanced manufacturing and materials” in close cooperation with the IASS Symposium 2019 and the Structural Membranes 2019 Conference, Barcelona.

    Internationally recognized and celebrated artists, designers, engineers, and researchers in cooperation with top universities from all over the world are invited to participate in a contest and exhibition of innovative lightweight structures. The structures must display a strong vision of structural design and innovation. They should demonstrably be the result of structural engineering focused research projects. It is our ambition to have an exhibition that shows new insights on structural typologies, through the design of a pavilion. The pavilions will be exhibited in the summer of 2019 and during the joint IASS - Structural Membranes Form and Force 2019 symposium in Barcelona. During the conference the jury of the contest, chaired by the president of the IASS, will award a prize to the most innovative realized structure.

    More information: http://www.manufacturingmaterials.org/competition.html

     

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  • Textiles for urban living

    7 June 2018

    Cities are the living space of the future. By 2050 nearly 70 per cent of the global population will be living in metropolitan centres and megacities, which means new ways of life and with this, new demands on textiles. The special show “Urban-Living – City of the Future” at both Techtextil and Texprocess is therefore certain to attract a wide audience. The mission to bring technology and textile together in order to safeguard quality of life in the cities is the greatest challenge facing advanced materials in architecture, clothing and mobility. The trade fairs Techtextil and Texprocess (14 to 17 May 2019) focus on this theme. Under the motto “Space for Innovation” Techtextil, the Leading International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens, will present the complete spectrum of technical textiles, functional apparel textiles and textile technologies and their applications. “Space for Progress” is the motto of the concurrent Texprocess, the Leading International Trade Fair for Processing Textile and Flexible Materials, which will show the latest machines, plant, processes and services for making up textile and flexible materials.

    The strategic aim of the trade fairs is to bring together textile manufacturers, users and processors who are in advance of their time and transcend sector boundaries. Techtextil will focus on functional and smart textiles, and a comprehensive complementary programme of lectures, discussions, awards and other events will offer supplementary insights for industry insiders. By contrast, Texprocess will focus on digitalisation as a driver of innovation in the textile industry. Following the positive response to last year’s event, a digital textile micro-factory will once again show a fully networked textile production chain in live operation. In addition to a production chain for garments, the complete process for textiles for other areas of application will also be shown for the first time.

    See also https://techtextil.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en.html

     

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  • FLYER TensiNet Symposium 2019 “Softening the Habitats: Sustainable Innovations in Minimal Mass Structures and Lightweight Architectures”

    21 May 2018

    Please find the flyer for the upcoming symposium 2019 - http://www.tensinet.com/files/Tensinet_Symposia/TS2019_Flyer.pdf 

    Don't miss the deadline for SUBMISSION ABSTRACT - 31st May 2018

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  • UPDATE TensiNet Symposium 2019 “Softening the Habitats: Sustainable Innovations in Minimal Mass Structures and Lightweight Architectures”

    9 May 2018

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  • REMINDER Call for Abstracts TensiNet symposium 2019 - Submission OPEN until 31 May 2018

    9 May 2018

    DEADLINE POSTPONED MONDAY 18th June

    Dear Colleague,

    We are delighted to invite you to participate and submit your abstract to the 6th International TensiNet Symposium “Softening the Habitats: Sustainable Innovations in Minimal Mass Structures and Lightweight Architectures” that will take place from the 3rd to the 5th of June 2019 at Politecnico di Milano, in Milan, Italy.

    Abstracts Submission is OPEN until MONDAY 18th June.

    Abstract Template is available on our website www.tensinet2019.polimi.it

    The 2019 TensiNet Symposium edition will open a twofold reflection - by means of both the conference and exhibition - on current innovations, trends and strategies in the field of lightweight membrane structures and mainly on the future of those technologies, which the TensiNet Association is interested in: tensile and pneumatic structures, textile architecture, membranes and foils, ultra-lightweight constructions and structural skins.

    Three days of inspiring keynote lectures and plenary sessions, followed by parallel sessions and an open panel discussion will create a very special event where experts in the areas of membrane architecture and engineering, as well as researchers and industry representatives are invited to contribute to constructive debates on soft structures, softening the environment and soft skins.

    For more details, please visit the congress website www.tensinet2019.polimi.it

    We look forward to welcoming you in Milan.

    Best Regards,

    TS2019 organizing committee

    Politecnico di Milano

    Alessandra Zanelli, Carol Monticelli

    TensiNet association

    Evi Corne, Marijke Mollaert, Bernd Stimpfle

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    Politecnico di Milano

    tensinet2019symposium@polimi.it

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  • Vacancy - Maffeis Engineering

    4 April 2018

    Maffeis engineering is looking for specialized Engineers and Architects in the field of lightweight structures that may have a good background and would speaks German.

    The knowledge of followings software is mandatory: Cad 2d/3d advance, Sketchup and Layout, Rhino Grasshopper, Revit Dynamo & Inventor

    Candidate replies shall be addressed directly to hr@maffeis.it

     

    Wir suchen Bauingenieure mit 2-jähriger Erfahrung und Junior Bauingenieure ohne Arbeitserfahrung für unser Büro in Solagna (VI), Italien

    Wenn du in einem jungen und dynamischen Team mitarbeiten willst, den Senior Ingenieuren bei der Ausarbeitung von FEM Modellen und Analysen, Statischen Modellen und Berechnungen und Detailplanung sowie Ausschreibungen im internationalen Kontext unterstützen willst, dann bewirb dich!

    Qualifikationen/Erfahrung:

      • Universitätsabschluss als Bauingenieur - Konstruktiver Ingenieurba
      • Kenntnis der Stahlbau oder Massivbau Eurocodes
      • 2-jährige Arbeitserfahrung
      • Fähigkeit kleine Projekte selbst abzuwickel
      • Fähigkeit mit minimaler Beaufsichtigung zu Arbeite
      • 3-sprachig (deutsch, italienisch, englisch
      • CAD, Straus7, SAP2000 FEM Analysis Software

    Kernaufgaben:

      • Statik und Angebotszeichnungen in Angebotshas
      • Entwicklung von konstruktiven Lösungen

    Falls in dieser oder ähnlicher Rolle interessiert, bitte eine email mit Europass CV an hr@maffeis.it


    Wir suchen Architekten mit 2-jähriger Erfahrung für unser Büro in Solagna (VI), Italien

    Wenn du in einem jungen und dynamischen Team mitarbeiten willst, an Projekten aus aller Welt im Fassadenbereich aber auch in anderen Ingenieurbereichen Details ausarbeiten, 3D und BIM Modellen und Berechnungen ausarbeiten und Detailplanung sowie Ausschreibungen im internationalen Kontext unterstützen willst, dann bewirb dich!

    Qualifikationen/Erfahrung:

      • Universitätsabschluss als Architekt oder Bauingenieu
      • 2-jährige Arbeitserfahrung
      • Fähigkeit kleine Projekte selbst abzuwickel
      • Fähigkeit mit minimaler Beaufsichtigung zu Arbeite
      • 3-sprachig (deutsch, italienisch, englisch
      • CAD, Rhino+Grasshopper, Revit, Office, Photoshop

    Kernaufgaben:

      • Mitarbeit an Großprojekten im deutschen Sprachrau
      • Entwicklung von Details und Lösungen im Fassadenbereich und sonstigen konstruktiven Teilbereichen.

    Falls in dieser oder ähnlicher Rolle interessiert bitte ein email mit Europass CV hr@maffeis.it

     

     

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  • TensiNews - Newsletter Nr. 34 - April 2018

    4 April 2018

    Enjoy the latest TensiNews 34:

    TensiNews - Newsletter Nr. 34 - APRIL 2018 -  Price 15€ (port incl)

    For non TensiNet members: http://www.tensinet.com/files/TensiNet_Publications/Tensinews%2034-4p.pdf

    For TensiNet members: http://www.tensinet.com/index.php/tensinet-publications/new-tensinews

     

     

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