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TensiNet AssociationThe communication platform for professionals &

those interested in tensioned membrane constructions

www.tensinet.com

History

22nd November 2012- Vienna 2

History

TensiNet was funded

by the EC within the

22nd November 2012- Vienna

5th Framework Programme

Work programme GROWTH

Start Date: 01.03.2001

End Date: 01.03.2004

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History

It started as

a Thematic Network

for Upgrading


for Upgrading

the Built Environment

in Europe through

Tensile Structures

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History

� Ideas for a research

proposal were discussed


in 1999

� Create a common basis in

Europe

� Cover the full life-cycle

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History

� Establish knowledge

bases


� Accessible through

website

www.tensinet.com

� User-friendly interface

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History

� Not enough confidence

� Clients


� Almost no experience

� Architects

� Engineers

� Contractors

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History

“Der normale Architekt

beherrscht


diese Bauweise nicht,

denn er hat sie nicht erlernt”

Günter Brinkmann

Michael Andretzky

Ulrich Hangleiter

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History

� The market is changing

� Looking to the future


there are

� challenges

� opportunities

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History

� The market is growing

� Interest is increasing


� More specific and

detailed information

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History

� Globalisation

� Increase the quality of


our products

� Improve technical

performance

� Provide validated

reference data

throughout Europe

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History

“A unified effort is needed

to develop standards that


to develop standards that

advance the performance

of membranes for

lightweight enclosures”

Alex Heslop

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History

Previous EU-funded projects

� ISIMEM


� ISIMEM M+T

� DELITE

� VINYLOOP

� and more

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History

Previous EU-funded projects

� ISIMEM


� ISIMEM M+T

� DELITE

� VINYLOOP

� and more

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Network activities


Network activities

Inform

� Urban planners,

architects, engineers


and checking authorities

� Material suppliers

� Fabricators

� Building owners and

clients

� Educational institutes

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Network activities

� Architects, engineers and

constructors require

uniform technical directives


uniform technical directives

� Initiate the transfer of basic

and multi-disciplinary

knowledge

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Network activities

� Accumulate specific

knowledge to facilitate the

production of best

practice guidelines:


practice guidelines:

European Design Guide

for Tensile Surface

Structures

� Identify gaps in current

knowledge needing

scientific research

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TensiNet Association



A memorandum of

understanding


- to arrange the continuation

of the activities - was signed

in June 2004

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� is a platform for parties

interested in tensioned

membrane structures

offers the opportunity to


� offers the opportunity to

exchange and share

multidisciplinary

knowledge about tensile

structures in order to

increase the quality of

tensile architecture

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� interact with all parties

involved in membrane

construction

seeks to enhance the


� seeks to enhance the

positive image of tensile

structures

� makes the information

specific to tensile

architecture more easily

accessible

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� organizes or supports

workshops and symposia


� co-sponsors the Student

Competition at Techtextil

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Teaching and training

activities


� Textile Roofs Workshop

yearly in Berlin

www.textile-roofs.com


TensiNet Symposia

� 2003 Brussels

Designing Tensile Architecture


� 2007 Milano

Ephemeral Architecture:

Time And Textiles

� 2010 Sofia

Tensile Architecture: Connecting Past

and Future - proceedings still available


TensiNet Symposia

� 2013 Istanbul

8 – 10 May


[RE]THINKING lightweight structures


TensiNet Symposium 2013

[RE]THINKING Analysis & Materials - Peter Gosling

ETFE - Rogier Houtman


PNEUMATIC STRUCTURES - Matthew Birchall

[CLOSING THE LOOP] Life Cycle Assessment for

Membrane Materials and Structures - Jan Cremers

Forthcoming interesting PROJECTS will be presented.


TensiNet Symposium 2013

Prominent experts in the membrane architecture and engineering

world will introduce each plenary session.


The keynote speakers Horst Berger, Markus Balz & Christoph

Paech (sbp), Matthew Birchall (Buro Happold), Shajay Bhooshan

(Zaha Hadid Office), Jürgen Bradatsch (SL-Rasch), Jan Cremers

(Hightex), Ken’ ichi Kawaguchi, Feike Reitsma & Patrick Vaillant

(IASO), Alar Ruutopold (Saint-Gobain) and Werner Sobek (Werner

Sobek Stuttgart GmbH & Co. KG) have already confirmed.

The keynote lectures will be followed by the presentation of related

papers.


Competition

� Student Competition

Techtextil


Techtextil Fair

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Team

Chairperson: Heidrun Balz-Bögner (Labor Blum)

Vice Chairs: Bernd Stimpfle (Form TL GmbH), Stefania


Vice Chairs: Bernd Stimpfle (Form TL GmbH), Stefania

Lombardi (Canobbio), John Chilton (University of

Nottingham)

Secretary: Marijke Mollaert, Evi Corne (Vrije Universiteit

Brussel)

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� is managed by an elected

board under the direction

of a Chair - elected for a

period of 2 years


period of 2 years

� the Chair is supported by

three Vice Chairs and the

Executive Secretary

� National representatives

support TensiNet at

national level

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More then 200 Members

Partners Buro Happold; Canobbio S.p.A.; Ceno Tec;

Dyneon GmbH; FabricArt; Form TL; Hightex GmbH; Mehler


Texnologies; Messe Frankfurt Techtextil; Naizil S.P.A.;

Saint-Gobain; Sefar; Serge Ferrari sa; Sioen Industries;

technet GmbH; Verseidag + Associated Partners

Schools & universities

Firms

Individual members

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Meetings

� Partner Meeting: 2/year


� Partner Meeting: 2/year

� Annual General Meeting:

autumn

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� has different Working

Groups


� participates in research

projects to drive research

forward in the field of

textile architecture

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Active working groups

� Specifications & Eurocode

Marijke Mollaert


Marijke Mollaert

� ETFE

Rogier Houtman

� Materials & analysis

Peter Gosling

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� Pneumatic structures

Matthew Birchall

� LCA

Jan Cremers


Jan Cremers

Future working groups

� Disaster Relief

open position

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Working Group

Specifications & Eurocode


A proposal has been sent

to the standardisation

community CEN/TC250

as a first step in establishing

a Eurocode Part

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Working Group



A Working Group

CEN/TC250 WG5

Membranes has been

established

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Working Group


The Eurocode should be


achieved as follows:

� preparation of technical rules

� adaptation into a

CEN Technical Specification

� conversion into a

Eurocode Part

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Working Group

ETFE


Annex

European Design Guide on

Design recommendations

for ETFE foil structures

Ready for publication

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Working Group

Materials & analysis

Round Robin


Round Robin

� 1. Round robin 1 – follow-up

� 2. Round robin 2 - interpretation

of biaxial & shear test data

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Working Group

Pneumatics

Launched in Oct. 2011



Annex

European Design Guide on

Design Recommendations for Pneumatic Structures

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Working Group

LCA




Kick off workshop Oct. 2012

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Research contribution

CONTEX-T: EU-funded Integrated project

Textile architecture (2006-2010) www.contex-t.eu


The research project aimed to develop a breakthrough

in textile architecture,

the lightweight textile reinforced structures and tension

fabric structures industry by:

� the development of new materials

� the intelligent use of the materials

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� Bert Groenendaal (Sioen)

� Roberto Canobbio

(Canobbio)

� Heidrun Bögner (Labor



Blum)

� Feike Reitsma (IASO)

� Marijke Mollaert (VUB)

� Rosemarie Wagner

(Wagner Tragwerke)

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(Canobbio)




Blum)




(Wagner Tragwerke)

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(Canobbio)




Blum)




(Wagner Tragwerke)

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(Canobbio)




Blum)




(Wagner Tragwerke)

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(Canobbio)




Blum)




(Wagner Tragwerke)

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(Canobbio)




Blum)




(Wagner Tragwerke)

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Research contribution

S(P)EEDKITS

www.speedkits.eu


This project will provide kits that can be pre-positioned

and mobilized very quickly and easily, that are modular

and adaptable, low cost, high-tech in their conception

but low-tech in use.

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� Guy Buyle (Contexbel)

� Bert Groenendael (Sioen)

� Marijke Mollaert & Jan

Roekens (VUB)


Roekens (VUB)

� Roel Gijsbers (Technische

universiteit Eindhoven)

� Alessandra Zanelli &

Roberto Maffei (Politecnico

di Milano)


� maintains the website

www.tensinet.com

containing a projects

database as well as a


database as well as a

library with articles

� publishes the TensiNews

newsletter twice a year

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Newsletter

� TensiNews 2/year


� TensiNews 2/year

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Looking forwards

Aims

� Improve quality

Get science into practice


� Get science into practice

� Promote research in the field of tensile surface structures

To join:

Register at

Looking forwards


Register at

www.tensinet.com

As a new TensiNet member

you receive a free copy of

the European Design Guide

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