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textiles and architecture
threads
a genealogy of fibers, films, plastics and computers.
the textile revolution
the textile industry's contributions to industrialization.
selfmade fabrics
simple and less simple composites.
structural fabrics
reinforced sails, heterogenous membranes.
adaptive skin
a multilayered facade
high-strength fibers
kevlar, dyneema, zylon and others
the grandchildren of oilcloth
some pages about gore-tex® and tyvek®
molecular structures
and their meaning in architecture.
"portable environments"
about 'nomadic' utilities and their relation to architecture.
surface evolver
a program for the calculation of soap films
