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This chapter will demonstrate by three case studies that flexible moulding has the capacity to be used for the construction of fluid architecture. An overview of flexible moulding throughout history in which different materials and techniques were used is given as well. All known techniques in relation to flexible moulding are summarised and categorized for these materials in a schematic diagram in such a way that they can be compared.

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Pronk, A. (2021). Induction. In: Flexible Forming for Fluid Architecture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71551-9_7

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