Textiles Architecture Fest

The initiative aims to promote the experimental activities of PhD candidates, post-doc and researchers from the Lab Unit TAN – Textile Architecture Network at Politecnico di Milano, ABC Dept. together with the international network Tensinet’s design and engineering societies, SMEs, Research institutes. The event, consisting of citizens’ engaging research workshop and disseminating videos, aims to enhance the state of the art and the most recent advancements of the membrane architecture. The consolidation of public engagement through the initiative is envisaged for strengthening both the DABC academic visibility, the enhancement of research activities through the activation of networks. The proposed research topics are innovative with respect to the state-of-the-art of membrane architecture and lightweight constructions. Tasks are organized through multidisciplinary sessions: 1. Design Optimization and Structure Efficiency, 2. Sustainability (Re-Up), 3. Clean Energy, 4. Water Management.

Workshop

Day 1: 9th of June 2022 time: 18 – 20
Day 2: 10th of June 2022 time: 18 – 20

WORKSHOP A
Form Finding of Minimal Surfaces  –  MINIMAL NATURAL SOAP FILMS
WORKSHOP B
Programmable textiles for 3D printing  –  BIOMIMETIC TEXTILE SHAPES
WORKSHOP C
Dew and Fog harvesting textiles – CATCHING WATER FROM AIR

TemporActive Pavilion, a temporary open space in PoliMi – Campus Leonardo, via Golgi 20 in front of the Building 26. It is a 100 sqm transparent foils membrane supported by GFRP bending-active arches, developed to demonstrate the fast assemblage potential of the ultra-lightweight building system, Concept Design by Arch. PhD Carlotta Mazzola, project manager Alessandra Zanelli, with the economic support of TensiNet Association (Belgium) and with the technical support of Form-TL (Germany) for the structural analysis and Canobbio Textile Engineering (Italy) for the membrane manufacturing and the installation; installed in Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, Milan the 3-5 June 2019,  as the main entrance  of the International TensiNet Symposium “ Softening the Habitats”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan.