Papers

13 results

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  Facade Resilience Evaluation Framework

  • Paper by Fabio Favoino, Department of energy Adèle Chalumeau, Facade engineer Audrey Aquaronne, Facade engineer

  <p>Resiliency is the capacity of a building (or building component in the case of the facade) to support building functionalities during extreme…

  October 11, 2022
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  Innovative Façades for a Sustainable Architecture

  • Paper by Lucio Blandini,

  <p>Facades play a relevant role in the search for a more sustainable approach to modern architecture. The amount of embodied and operational energy…

  October 11, 2022
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  HydroSKIN

  • Paper by Christina Eisenbarth, M.Sc. · Walter Haase, Dr.-Ing. · Lucio Blandini, Prof. Dr.-Ing. M.Arch. · Werner Sobek, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dr. h.c.

  Building envelopes cover a considerable part of the urban exterior surfaces, and to therefore have a significant leverage effect on the climate

  October 11, 2022
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  Form Follows Well-Being

  • Paper by David Bjelland M.Sc. · Prof. Dr. sc. hum. MArch Dipl.-Ing. Timo Schmidt

  Recent planning recognizes a growing demand for buildings that provide higher levels of occupant well-being. Often, well-being in buildings is

  October 11, 2022
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  Kinetic Solar Envelope

  • Paper by Christina Koukelli · Alejandro Prieto · Serdar Asut

  Kinetic responsive systems are gaining attention in architectural applications, to reduce the building’s energy consumption and environmental impact,

  October 11, 2022
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  Execution Ways

  • Paper by Viswanath Urala, P.E., Senior Engineer Prakash R. Desai, P.E., S.E., Senior Structural Engineer

  <p>Business Insider has described San Francisco’s Chase Arena as setting “<em>a new standard for a sports arena in the US</em>”, and “<em>the…

  March 22, 2020
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  Saving Face

  • Paper by Xsusha CarlyAnn Flandro, FAIC, APT-RP

  In 1871, a fourth level Architecture course was offered in New York City that instructed on topics such as heating, ventilation and circulation of

  March 20, 2020
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  Integrating Soft Robotics into Architectural Assemblies

  • Paper by Vera Parlac

  The project described in this paper explores the integration of custom-made soft robotic muscles into a component-based surface. This project is part

  March 19, 2020
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  Terra Cotta Skins

  • Paper by Laura B. Garofalo

  This paper will address the potential of ornamental architectural terracotta surfaces to mitigate the effects of climate fluctuations that will

  March 17, 2020
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  The Versatile Envelope Garden

  • Paper by Nathaniel Barlam · Yunyao Lin · Ben Silverman

  Facades play an integral role in defining the experience of modern life. As rising populations gravitate from rural to urban communities, they bring

  January 22, 2020
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  Terracotta 1912 to 2018

  • Paper by Carol Loewenson, FAIA, LEED AP · Stephen Dietz, AIA, LEED AP

  Center Three is a 100-year-old, one million square-foot building in Long Island City, New York that was constructed over the course of one year. It

  March 14, 2018
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  Heat-actuated Auxetic Facades

  • Paper by Amira Abdel-Rahman · Elnaz Tafrihi

  Highly transformable materials can be used as adaptive exterior shading systems by leveraging the relationship between external stimuli (heat) and

  March 14, 2018
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  Adaptable Glazing Shields

  • Paper by Anas Al Kassas,

  <p>Today, about 40% of all buildings in the U.S. still have single-pane windows, and ~70% of the existing building stock is estimated to suffer from…

  March 14, 2018