The tensile fabric webinar seriesWebinar 1: Getting started – inspiration, tools and tips
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Kevin Hemmings, Architect
Hello
Over 27 years of tensile fabric experience
Had a hand in some of the most exciting tensile projects in the UK and overseas
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We are Base Structures
Hello
Incorporated in 2001
Key Projects
The London 2012 Games, Lords Cricket Ground, Heathrow Terminal 5, Up at The O2
Based in Bristol, UK
Operating worldwide
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Webinar 1 Getting started – inspiration, tips and tools
Inspiration, form and function
Benefits Basic principles
Top tensile tipsVisualising your ideas
Questions and answers
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Inspiration, form and function
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Retractable roofs Medin Haram Piazza
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Retractable roofsMedin Haram Piazza
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StadiumsLondon 2012 Basketball Arena
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Covered streetsSamworth Academy, Nottingham
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AtriumsAbito Apartments, Manchester
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Entrance canopiesRoyal Free Hospital, London
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Fabric claddingMSCP, Cardiff
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Modular claddingSainsbury’s, Whitechapel
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Walkways Pollock, Glasgow
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Breakout canopiesMendip Walkway, Coleg Gwent
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SheltersCairngorm 1P 1000,
Heathrow
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Performance canopiesPortrush, Ireland
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Pop up structuresLondon 2012 EDF Pavilion
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Brise soleilSaga Creche, Kent
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RoofwalksUp at The O2, London
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CeilingsCannon Street Station,
London
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Sun shadesSt Enoch Centre, Cambridge
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SculptureZaha Hadid – MIF
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Fabric featuresJan Blake, Beijing
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Fabric featuresHSBC, Dublin
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Fabric featuresO2 VIP Lounge, London
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Fabric featuresKings Waterfront, Liverpool
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Exhibition3D Design Cones
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Benefits of tensile fabric
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Combat heat gain and loss
Demountable& relocatable
Sustainable & environmental
Off-site manufacture & installation speed
Value for money
Unique architectural forms
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Basic principles
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Eccentric arch
Arch
Inverted cone
Cone
Multiple hypar
Hypar
The double curvature principle
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Framed panels
Cable supported
Cable net
Flat fabric
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Top tensile tips
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WARNING!
Ponding and flatness
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Framed or unframed?
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Scallop or straight edge?
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Relocatable or permanent?
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Visualising your ideas
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The rough sketch
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The tights model
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CAD model
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Useful software To give approximate shapes
Incorporating relaxed form software
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3D models available by request
Coming soon!
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The tensile fabric webinar seriesAn architect’s tensile fabric refresher programme
Webinar 3London 2012 Games case study – The Basketball Arena
Webinar 2Realising your tensile fabric vision
Webinar 1Getting started - Inspiration, tips and tools
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