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Foreword This documents the award-winning entries of the 4th International Student Competition “Textile Structures for New Building”. As with previous competitions, looking back on the 1997 competition proves once again to be a most pleasurable experience: the once again lively participation from many countries, as well as the high level of the works submitted, once more confirms that the path we have taken is the right one. The competition, which was organised for the first time in 1993, is based on the idea of promoting building with textiles by awakening an interest and enthusiasm amongst students for this method of building, which I consider offers so much potential and so many great opportunities for enriching the entire construction industry. It is the students of today who will be working with textiles tomorrow, who will be designing the textile buildings of tomorrow's world. It is the students of today who, as the creative structural designers of the future, will substantially shape our building environment. Encouraging students of all disciplines concerned with building, and also, and even especially, from quite specific viewpoints, such as building with textiles, is one of the most important tasks of our society. So, I am particularly pleased that it has almost become a matter-of-course for this task to be supported jointly and on such a broad foundation by industry, by Messe Frankfurt GmbH and by the universities. One of the key features of the competition, and one of its great opportunities, is in the co-operation between the various branches of industry on the organiser side, and in the interdisciplinary composition of the students it addresses. Just how fruitful this approach can be is shown by the broad spectrum of entries submitted. 125 projects were entered by students, student groups and newly qualified persons from 12 countries for the Fourth International Student Competition in 1997. This is the largest number of entries so far. In addition to the variety and the internationally, it was mainly the high quality that impressed the organisers and the members of the jury. To do justice to the variety of themes selected, the jury decided to award prizes for a total of 7 categories: Category 1: Macro architecture A total of 15 projects from 4 countries received awards and full use made of the prize money put up by the Working Group for Textile Architecture amounting to DM 15.000.—. I think that we should continue along the path we have ventured out on so successfully together. So, together with my cordial thanks to the Working Group for Textile Architecture, Techtextil and Messe Frankfurt GmbH, I should like to ask you once again for your commitment and co-operation in organising the 5th International Student Competition “Textile Structures for New Building”. Prof. Dr. Werner Sobek Organizer The Working Group for Textile Architecture has made available prizes worth DM 15.000,— for the competition. This sum was donated by the member companies: |
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Technical Fibres: Akzo Nobel AG, Wuppertal Du Pont de Nemours International S.A., Genf Hoechst KoSa GmbH & Co.KG, Frankfurt Rhóne-Poulenc Filtec AG, Emmenbrncke |
Textile Membrane: Serge Ferrari S.A., La Tour-du-Pin Julius Heywinkel GmbH, Osnabrnck Verseidag-Indutex GmbH, Krefeld |
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Textile Constructions: Birdair Inc., Amherst-USA Canobbio S.p.A., Milano Ceno-Tec GmbH, Greven Koch Hightex GmbH, Rimsting Sarnafil AG, Sarnen |
Institutions: Messe Frankfurt GmbH, Frankfurt |
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and Techtextil: Tel: +069 7575-65 78 / 6710 Scientific supervision: Jury: |
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