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Orbit Tower
- Paper by Enrica Oliva, Michele Andaloro, Werner Sobek,
While most of high-rise buildings feature a core surrounded by a spatial frame defining the volume, one could envision a column-free plan where the p…

March 14, 2018
Translation from Concept to Construction
- Paper by Ryan Donaghy, AIA, Senior Associate, Enclosure Design Matthew Spahr, PE, Associate / Facade Engineer
Fidelity between the built enclosure and early visualizations is rarely, if ever, an accident. When achieved, it comes as the result of persistent ef…

March 15, 2020
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
Predictive Modeling in an Automated Building Facade
- Paper by Troy Nolan Peters PhD, Associate Professor
Computer simulations of an automated dynamic facade in a passively heated and cooled building by using predictive modeling of short-term future weath…

March 15, 2020
Shaping Skin
- Paper by John Neary AIA LEED AP NCARB
The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on th…

March 21, 2020
Thermal Performance of Closed Cavity Facades
- Paper by Andrea Zani, Project Engineer Carmelo Guido Galante, Senior Project Engineer Lisa Rammig, Senior Associate
Closed cavity facades (CCF), a configuration of Double Skin Facade (DSF), consists of a double-glazed unit on the inner layer and single glazing on t…

January 22, 2020
Multi-domain Assessment of a Kinetic Facade
- Paper by Kunyo Luo, Master of Building Science Karen Kensek, LEED AP BD+C, DPACSA, Professor of Practice Marc Schiler, FASES, Professor
An assessment workflow was created to simulate and evaluate the performance of a kinetic facade in an interior space. It includes parameters of energ…

June 10, 2020
Invert Auto-Shading
- Paper by Jae Yong Suk, Assistant Professor Doris Sung, Associate Professor
Allowing sufficient amount of natural light while avoiding excessive sunlight penetration is often hard to achieve with static facade systems due to …

March 15, 2020
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 re…

March 14, 2018

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