First Fabric Formed Workshop

FIRST FABRIC FORMED CONCRETE WORKSHOP & CONFERENCE

Fabric forming workshop The School of Architecture and Art at Norwich University and Yestermorrow Design/Build School are co-sponsoring a one-week course in concrete construction.

The course is built around the annual workshop of ISOFF (The International Society of Fabric Forming) which is geared towards educators, practitioners, and students. 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.

This one-week event will bring together the world's leading innovators in the field to share techniques and strategies, while forming and pouring a series of concrete architectural components that allow for high efficiency, thermally massive, durable and sustainable structures. Participants will tour local architecture projects that use fabric form work and examine case studies to learn about the science and art of building with concrete.

The workshop will be held at Yestermorrow August 24-28 and is being co-sponsored by The School of Architecture and Art at Norwich University. Participants can register for the full week-long program ($1,200) or a one day Friday session, which includes hands-on casting and tour of local structures ($150). AIA continuing education credits available.

Click here for the planned workshop and conference schedule.

Call Yestermorrow for more information - 888-496-5541.

The workshop will demonstrate all types of fabric forming: footings, walls and suspended floors.
Sandy Lawton shows off a fabric formed wall, another exciting technology to be demonstrated during the August workshop.
The insulation of fabric-formed walls will be discussed in depth at the workshop.	Kenzo has developed methods of forming cast-in-place concrete walls using fabric molds.
Fabric formed columns and their integration into conventional wall will be discussed by Mark West.	CAST has developed the 'Bulge Wall' Method for forming appendages alongside conventional flat walls.