Lecture Today: New Structural Membrane Developments
"New Structural Membrane Developments," by Robert Off, PhD., Institute
for Membrane and Shell Technologies I.M.S. in Bobingen, Germany
Monday, November 12 at 5:45 p.m.
Rapson Lecture Hall 100
Dr. Off is a founding member and Director of the Institute for Membrane
and Shell Technologies in Bobingen, Germany, and has taught at
Universities around the world on subjects that include Architecture
Theory, Seminars on the works of Buckminster Fuller (University of
Hannover, Germany), and workshop on “Textile Building” (University in
Dhaka, Bangladesh). He is also a Professor for Real Estate Development
at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences and in 2004 he was made
Professor in-charge for developing the first ever International Master
Course on Membranes Structures at the Anhalt University of Applied
Sciences. In addition to his teaching, Professor Off has several patents
pending on designs for membrane and skin structure systems and components.