Pneumatic Textile Actuators for Transformable Spaces
in the City of the Future

Fredrick Shaap

Opinion

Pneumatic Textile Actuators for Transformable Spaces in the City of the Future

Simon Burmeister*, Bastian Baesch, Christoph Riethmüller and Götz T Gresser

German Institute for Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF), Germany

Corresponding Author

Received Date: July 01, 2021; Published Date: July 19, 2021

Abstract

Today more than ever, urbanization is a global trend. More and more people around the world are living in cities, making cities very important problem solvers of tomorrow’s world. This addresses ever new questions about connectivity and mobility, but also about urban planning itself. One focus is the future design of buildings. Pneumatic textile actuators can positively influence the need for active tensioning of textile facade elements for the construction of the future.

Article Details

Citation

Simon Burmeister, Bastian Baesch, Christoph Riethmüller, Götz T Gresser. Pneumatic Textile Actuators for Transformable Spaces in the City of the Future. 8(5): 2021. JTSFT.MS.ID.000696.