Abstract: A kinetic steel skeleton for a modular tension structure permitting the enclosure of the structure by means of a flexible roofing and siding skin or by a flexible sandwich. The kinetic steel skeleton described herein has the shape of a rectangular tent but is not necessarily restricted to this shape.

Abstract: A moderately flexible, daylight transmitting and insulated curtain wall that lends itself to industrialized mass-production, is delivered to the site in a large roll and connected on minor attachments to building columns. Curtain walls consist of corrugated or flat metal sheet with large percentage of openings which are covered by transparent plastic film or sheet on outside and inside, spaced apart by strips of insulating foam. Major structural elements are wire ropes which are embedded in the corrugations of the sheet metal or merely mechanically attached and fastened to the inside of non-corrugated sheet metal.