Belgium Research Efforts

Collaborative efforts between the Belgian Building Research Institute, the textile industry, CENTEXBEL and the Department of Architectural Engineering at the Vrije University Brussel has helped to further the use of fabric-formed concrete immensely. See selected papers and presentations below and their respective websites for further information.

Creative Concrete Constructions - Joint presentation at 2007 Textile Symposium
Fabric formwork for flexible, architectural concrete FIB 2008
Shell Elements Of Architectural Concrete Using Fabric Formwork - Joint presentation at FRPRCS-9 Sydney, July 2009
Shell Elements Of Architectural Concrete Using Fabric Formwork - Part 1 - Concept
Shell Elements Of Architectural Concrete Using Fabric Formwork - Part 2 - Case Study

Belgian Building Research Institute
Centexbel
Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Department of Architectural Engineering