Step 6: The openings between the strips are closed with additional overlays, all strips subsequently laid around the chimneys are placed as shown in drawing #2.

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Step 7: The two tinted diagonal strips brace the layers below them. They replace the cables originally used in the model. The angles of strips at the bottom are adjusted.

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The membrane application is completed, and the forms developed in stretch nylon fabric are now replicated in nylon net. Light tension was applied to strips used for bracing.

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Next: The Guest House model replicated in netting. Preparations for testing material properties continue.
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