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.
Geometry of a 3-layered spacer fabric with different layer thickness and pile yarn density © 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