23/11/2017 – DITF
Textile lightweight construction „3dTEX“
A fascination for textile technologies and their applications in architecture was the inspiration and starting point for the 3dTEX research project.
Spacer fabric, left horizontally and foamed manually with PU foam, on the right a section through the insulation- and rear ventilation level © FRA UAS
Geometry of a 3-layered spacer fabric with different layer thickness and pile yarn density © FRA-UAS
Spacer fabric, left horizontally and foamed manually with PU foam, on the right a section through the insulation- and rear ventilation level © FRA UAS
Manufacturing spacer fabric, view between the outer layers during production © DITF
Spacer weaving machine with horizontal production process © DITF
Prototypes made of foamed spacer textiles, exhibited at BAU 2017, München © Thilo Härdtlein/DITF