Please find below the programme of last year’s edition of Textile Roofs. The experts were invited specifically because of their expertise.
Sunday, May 25th 2025
| Morning | WelcomeProf. Dr.-Ing. Rosemarie Wagner, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany Dr.-Ing. Bernd Stary, academus GmbH, Berlin, Germany |
| Introducing the Venue – The basic concept and the role of the Aedes – Architectural ForumM.A. Dunya Bouchi; Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Germany | |
| Textile Roofs: Building System or Architecture?Prof. Josep I. Llorens, University of Catalonia, Spain | |
| My 51 Years with Membrane Structures (cancelled)Matti Orpana, Tensotech Consulting, Finland | |
| Tensile Structures and Energy Benefit?Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rosemarie Wagner, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany | |
| Computational Modeling of Lightweight Tensile StructuresDipl.-Ing. Jürgen Holl, technet GmbH, Germany | |
| Introduction to the „Practical Workshop“Stev Bringmann, 3dtex GmbH, Germany Janek Jeschke, Stoffdach GmbH, Germany | |
| Lunch Break | |
| Afternoon | Workshops
Networking |
| 17:00 | Visit at the Museum for Architectural Drawing (optional & on request) |
| 18:00 | Evening Guest Lecture: Textile Potentials – Of Soft Constructions and Active Materials Prof. Christiane Sauer, Weißensee School of Art and Design, Germany |
| Evening | Barbecue at the Venues Garden |
Monday, May 26th 2025
| Morning | Designing for the Future: Embracing Lightweight Materials in Versatile Architectural SolutionsAntonio Diaferia, Maffeis Engineering SpA, Italy |
| Modern Solutions for Traditional Requirements; Antalya Fruit Wholesale MarketBahadir Senol, snl tensi, Turkey | |
| High Frequency Welding SolutionsBjörn Bojara, FIAB HF, Poland | |
| Self-Cooling Textiles – Energy Free Method Using Radiative Cooling TechonolgyPD Dr.-Ing. Thomas Stegmaier, Deutsches Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf, Germany | |
| Beyond the Surface: The Art and Science of Architectural Facade MeshMaxime Durka, Sioen, Belgium | |
| Transparent and Translucent Roofs in Open SpacesBernd Stimpfle, form TL, Germany | |
| Lunch Break | |
| Afternnoon | Workshops
Networking |
| 15:45 | Departure from Venue to the tourboat |
| 16:00 | Tourboat Trip with the „Kaiser Friedrich“ |
| Evening | Evening Dinner at the Pfefferberg Schankhalle |
Tuesday, May 27th 2025
| Morning | DWA Conform Static Dimensioning of Gas Storages: Comparison with valid DIN EN standardsOliver Lippert , Ryklin Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany |
| Textile Netting Constructions: From Granulate to the ApplicationAchim Wichtler, Manfred Huck GmbH , Germany | |
| Structures, Then and NowProf. Ruy Marcelo Pauletti, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| Textile Challenges – Doing our Business in Rumbling EnvironmentsDipl.-Ing. Arch. Katja Bernert, MehlerHeytex, Germany | |
| Give a Little Love to Your StructureAoife Brennon – Fabric Architecture, Leamington Spa, UK | |
| Lightweight Footprint: Membrane DesignDI Dr. techn. Robert Roithmayr, formfinder GmbH, Austria | |
| Beyond Specialisation: The Expert’s Role in Advancing Lightweight Tensile Fabric StructuresRaju Mahadevan, Techno Specialist Consulting Engineers, UAE & India | |
Integration of Computational and CAD Software in Membrane Structure Projects – A Case Study of the Ujsoły Amphitheatre Lukasz Dlucik, abastran sp. z o.o., Poland | |
| A Photogrammetry-Based Method for Surface Stress and Strain MeasurementXuetao Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R China & KIT, Germany | |
| Lunch Break | |
| Afternoon | Workshops
Networking |
| 16:30 | Close |
