Inspiring

OneSails claims that its 4T process is the future of sustainable sailmaking. Matt Sheahan spent two days examining the sail-making process closely and listening to why OneSails believe they are at the forefront of sustainable sail production. PRODUCTION: Sails made of 4T FORTE are produced with a low level of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere and without the use of pollutants such as glues, resins and solvents. DISPOSAL: At the end of their useful life, these sails are recycled within the normal recovery processes of polyethylene-based raw materials to generate the PE pellet. RECOVERY: The polyethylene pellet is used for the production of accessories (such as headboards) to be used in the production of new sails. https://www.onesails.com/sustainable-sails/

Part four looks at the process of building a tensile fabric structure from design to installation and beyond. It identifies some of the design considerations which need to be made and how design decisions can effect everything from manufacture techniques through to methods of installation.

Part three discusses the practicalities of using tensile fabric, from acoustic and thermal performance to printing, lighting and the environmental impact of a fabric structure.

Part two provides an overview of the benefits of including a tensile fabric structure in a building design, whether it's to make an architectural statement or for a practical applicaiton.

Part one introduces fabric structures as a building method and provides an overview of the materials which can be used and the forms which can be created.

A multi-philosophical space designed to host respectful farewell ceremonies. Tournai (Belgium)

The way Moriyama Akane uses fibres, textiles, colours and craftsmanship is inspiring. 

A brief presentation of TensiNet: aim, activities & examples

A saddle shape demonstrator was built at TR2024

Are we going to continue the work that was started by Frei Otto?

Fabric structures provide widespan enclosures of great spatial interest and variety, requireminimal supporting elements of “hard” structure and provide very good overall levels of nat-ural daylight. The purpose of this chapter is to outline the nature and characteristics of thisstructural type and to describe the primary issues that designers deal with and makedecisions about.