SOLD OUT SUCCESS
First International Conference on Fabric Formwork for Architectural Structures
May 16 - 18, 2008, University of Manitoba, Canada
Presenters stand tall on a fabric formed moment beam outside the CAST Laboratory. From the left, David South, President, Monolithic Dome Institute, Italy, Texas, USA; Sandy Lawton, Principal, Arro Design, VT, USA; David Jolly Monge, Architect, Professor, University Católica de Valparaiso, Chile; Fariborz Hashemian, PhD Candidate, University of Manitoba; Arno Pronk, Architect, Eindhoven University, Netherlands, Mark West, Professor, University of Manitoba; Farhood Delijani, Engineer, University of Manitoba; Kenzo Unno, Architect, Tokyo, Japan; Daniel Lee, PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Remo Pedreschi, Professor, Engineer, University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Alan Chandler, Architect, Professor, University of East London, England, Richard Fearn, President & CEO, Fab-Form Industries, Surrey, BC, Canada.
Around the globe, from cutting-edge research in universities and institutes, to contractors and architects working in the field, fabric forming is a significant new force in concrete construction.
The International Society of Fabric Forming (ISOFF) has been created to coalesce these efforts to achieve a synergy to further advance this powerful, sustainable technology
The Society's focus is:
- Improving communication between all participants: researchers, architects, manufacturers, distributors and concrete contractors;
- Communicating to the world the commanding environmental benefits of fabric forming over rigid formwork;
- Developing new and innovative fabric forming solutions.