The Textile Architecture I course invites you to immerse yourself in the fascinating world of textile structures, a rapidly expanding sector thanks to its versatility and sustainability. Through this course, you will discover how the forms and behaviour of textile structures – from tensioned membranes to pneumatic structures – are revolutionising architectural design. The growing demand for sInnovative and environmentally friendly solutions in architecture makes this course an unrivalled opportunity to develop valuable, up-to-date skills. You will learn to master the sequence in the design and to explore practical applications, from suspended structures to self-tensioning mesh, expanding your creative and technical capabilities. This course is your gateway to a vital field where creativity meets engineering, and where innovation is the key to the future of sustainable architecture.
Textile Architecture I
Architecture, construction and urban planning
38 hours
Introduction
Objectives
- Understand the definitions y background textile architecture.
- Identify characteristics y types textile structures.
- Analyse the behaviour of the textile structures.
- Designing sequences for tensioned membranes.
- Assess structures from anticlastic membrane y synclastic.
- Expand details y applications from textile design.
- Recognising qualities y structural conditions basic.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. OBJECTIVES. DEFINITIONS. BACKGROUND. CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPOLOGY
Introduction
Shape and behaviour of textile structures
Sequence in design
The minimalist art of tensioned membranes.
A profusion of shapes
Anticlastic tensioned membrane structures
Synclastic tensioned membrane structure
Support structures for the membranes
Design development and details
Applications and classification
Characteristics of membrane architecture
TEACHING UNIT 2. BASIC AND STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS
Introduction
Suspended structures
Cable-stayed structures
Longitudinal prestressed structures
Pre-stressed mesh
Self-tensioning mesh
Warped textile structures
Pneumatic structures