Tarso Design Framework - Expert Views on Standardization and Best Practices

Given the importance of a tensile membrane architecture's corner condition (termed “tarso” by this research), a series of expert interviews were conducted as the foundation for proposing a design framework to improve tarso design in the tensile membrane field. This paper presents the design, methods and process of conducting the expert interview, then provides the interviewees' perspectives on current tarso design issues and potential solutions. This paper focuses on synthesizing these expert's views on best practices and standardization challenges for tarso. In addition, a concept of the tarso design framework is also presented. Finally, the paper concludes with the plan for evaluating the proposed tarso design framework.