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Water-Lily Temple explores the transition from proportional order to form-found equilibrium. Using the Rome Rain Rooms brief as a test case, the project asks whether a gridshell can mediate between architectural geometry and the physical logic of a membrane.

What can a membrane envelope really achieve thermally? TN01 goes back to first principles to separate calculation, evidence and myth.

Young’s modulus is often treated as a simple input value. In membrane engineering, it is not. This essay explains why stiffness depends on biaxial testing, load paths, model reduction and the engineer’s ability to read the material.

In textile architecture, standardisation is often misunderstood as repetition. But in project-driven practice, a standard can be much more than a finished product: it can be a system logic that allows special cases to be solved efficiently, safely and with architectural quality.

An essay on geometry, form finding and textile architecture — tracing a path from proportion and fractal order to membranes as equilibrium forms and the future of hybrid lightweight structures.

Using the example of a temporary textile canopy in Geroldswil, this article explores how reverse engineering and closer structural analysis made it possible to simplify complex corner details and improve fabrication, installation, and recurring assembly.