Resources

Fabric Formwork:

• JAE-Elastic_Behavior_Moist_Environment
• BULGE WALL
• Batch Column
• Brief Description of Fabric Formed Concrete
• Casa_Dent
• Fabric-Formed_concrete_structures
• Fabric-formed Truss_
• Fabric-Formed_Precast_Panels
• Kenzo Unno Fabric-Formed Walls
• Tunahaki Theatre Walls
• Thin Shell Walls and Vaults for the Open City
• Thin Shell concrete from Fabric Forms
• Arrival of Form by Mark West
• CAST_Brochure

Masonry:

• Self-Forming Masonry Compression Vaults

Construction Tips and Tricks:

• Thai-Tie

Online Resources:

• http://www.fab-form.com/
• The Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL)
• International Society of Fabric Forming (ISOFF)
• www.static.monolithic.com/
• http://www.guastavino.net/
• Open city (Ciudad Abierta)
• http://arrodesign.blogspot.com/
• http://www.fabricformedconcrete.ed.ac.uk/index.php

MOLDAJES FLEXIBLES, TEXTOS. (SPANISH RESOURCES):

• Los moldajes Flexibles y el hormigon , Ciudad Abierta, Chile.
• Primera Conferencia Internacional de Moldajes Flexibles, 27 de Mayo 2008, Winnipeg, Canada (C.A.S.T.).

 

Publications:

2003 CANADIAN ARCHITECT MAGAZINE, Nov. 2003, "True to Form", pp.54-56, Beam+Panels: Nov. 2003 “True to Form”

2001 JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION (JAE), May (Vol. 54, #4) pg 251-254; under the topic heading: "Design as Research," an article titled: Construction - Research - Design - Invention: Elastic Behavior in a Moist Environment. This article describes a teaching method that combines studio and technical education, and includes examples from student work, and my own research.

2001 BUILDING AND HOUSING RESEARCH CENTER, Tehran, Iran: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Concrete and Development, held in Tehran, Iran, April 30-May 2, 2001): My paper titled Fabric Formed Concrete Structures offers a general description of fabric formwork technology.

1996 SURFACE DESIGN JOURNAL, VOL. 20, #2, Issue on “Surface/Structure”: Article titled “Columns With A Textile Memory” by Patricia Malarcher.

1995 CANADIAN ARCHITECT MAGAZINE, April, 1995: Photographs and an Article by Associate Editor Beth Kapusta on fabric-formed concrete and its implications for architectural design.

1995 WORLD ARCHITECTURE #33, The International Academy of Architecture: Article featuring photographs and a discussion of Storefront For Art and Architecture facade alterations by editor Gregori Stanishev. (pg. 106,7,8).

1995 INTERSITE MAGAZINE #3, Published by the School of Architecture, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY: An article on speculative drawing, building construction research, and the generation of architectural form.

1994 PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE, July, First Annual Architectural Research Awards: Article and photographs under the heading, “Fabric Formwork.”

1994 SPACE MAGAZINE,( Seoul, Korea) Nov., “Young American Educators in Architecture”: Article illustrated by photographs of my students’ work.

1994 BODY TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN, 11th Annual ACSA Technology Conference Proceedings: Article and drawings titled “Spontaneous Form Generation Techniques.”

1993 HARVARD ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW #9, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA: Article on my research illustrated by several projects.

1993 REPORTS, published by Storefront for Art and Architecture, N.Y., NY: An article by Dan Hoffman on my work.

Also WORK OF OTHERS in the field of fabric formwork:

www.fastfoot.com will give you information on the first fabric formwork foundation system.

The work of Japanese architect Kenzo Unno who has developed a very beautiful fabric wall forming system can be found in:

TOTO Magazine, July-August 1999
NIKKEI ARCHITECTURE Magazine, 1998 4-6
DETAIL Magazine No. 139, January 1999 (published quarterly by SHOKOKUSHA Publishing)

A book called Miguel Fisac published by Ediciones Pronaos S.A. in 1996 ISBN: 85941-23-3 The chapter on "Textures" gives some information and photographs of this Spanish architects early work with using flexible plastic sheets to form concrete wall panels.

Beam+Panels: Nov. 2003 “True to Form”