STRUCTURAL MEMBRANES 2025


Invited Sessions


Each Invited Session is expected to consist of at least one 2-hour session (6 presentations of 20 minutes each). The number of sessions of each IS will be determined by the multiples of six papers submitted.

In each IS a Keynote lecture is allowed every two full sessions of the IS, where a keynote presentation normally comprises two presentation slots. This means you should have at least 10 confirmed presentations to schedule a KL.

The above scheduling includes time for questions and discussion.

Organized by: C. Paech (schlaich bergermann partner - sbp sonne gmbh, Germany)
Keywords: Case studies, conceptual design, Detailing, lightweight design and analysis, test
Organized by: J. Llorens (School of Architecture - UPC, Spain) and G. Filz (Lightweight Structures Unit, Austria)
Keywords: Case studies, Detailing, Installation process
Organized by: K. Moritz (IMS BAUHAUS Archineer Institutes e.V., Germany) and L. Schiemann (HS Munich, Germany)
Keywords: building envelope, carbon footprint, cladding material, co2 emission, ETFE, film, foil, laminate, membrane, recycling, reuse, sustainability, translucent, transparent
Organized by: S. Warnakulasuriya (Technical University of Munich, Germany), R. Zorilla (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain) and R. Wüchner (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Keywords: extreme conditions, formfinding, integrated design and analysis, lightweight design and analysis, membrane, modeling, numerical methods, performance, simulation, computational analysis
Organized by: J. Hu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) and W. Chen (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
Keywords: integrated design and analysis
Organized by: A. Goldbach (TUM, Germany), K. Sautter (BPR Consult, Germany) and V. Singer (TUM, Germany)
Keywords: computational analysis, design process, formfinding, integrated design and analysis, lightweight design and analysis, modeling, numerical methods, parametric design and analysis, simulation
Organized by: A. Goldbach (TUM, Germany) and K. Hayashi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Keywords: conceptual design, machine learning, optimization, parametric design and analysis, structural performance
Organized by: S. Krishnan (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
Keywords: case studies, extreme conditions, performance, structural behaviour, service life, tensioned membrane
Organized by: M. Mollaert (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Architectural Eng, Belgium), A. Zanelli (Politecnico di Milano, TextilesHUB, Dept. ABC, Italy) and C. Monticelli (Politecnico di Milano, TextilesHUB, Dept. ABC, Italy)
Keywords: circularity, end of life, remanufacturing, reuse, sustainability