The IMS - Institute for Membrane and Shell Technologies, was founded in1999 in Bobingen, near Augsburg, Germany by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Off and Prof. Alexander Furche.

The aim of the institute was as it is still today to establish an independent research institute, where research and development, teaching new construction methods, especially related to membrane and net constructions, shell technologies, as well as energy-saving building, is the focal point. Numerous members like professors, students, teachers and physicist, craftsmen and computer scientists from all over the world were the basis for the creation of a forum for exchanging experiences and knowledge in the field of membrane technology.   Today the institute is led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Off and Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Warisch.

Main establishment of the IMS in Bobingen, Germany.

IMS premises in Dessau, Germany.

With the nomination of Prof. Off to the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Dessau, Germany in 2003, the foundation for the cooperation between the Anhalt University and the IMS has been laid and the vision of an international study course “Membrane Structures” became reality.

A second establishment of the IMS has been founded in Dessau to execute the teaching part of the IMS.

Lecturers, international specialists in the field of textile constructions, impart knowledge and proficiency to the students so that they are able to design, to calculate, to detail, to build and to keep textile constructions. The special economical and forensic basic conditions will also be integrated.

Now the institute spreads all over the world. Members are working as official representatives of the IMS in the following countries ...

Bobingen, Dessau,Germany

Ahmedabad, India

Guatemala, Guatemala

Bangkok, Thailand

Izmir, Turkey

Beijing, China

Santiago, Chile

Canaman Philippines

Iran

Adis Ababa, Ethiopia