Papers

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  • BioFacades Classification

    • Paper by Mary Ben Bonham · Kyoung Hee Kim · Christiane M. Herr

    Coauthors: Mary Ben Bonham, Department of Architecture + Interior Design, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA [corresponding] [presenting at the

  • All-Glass Bearing Facades

    • Paper by Erwin ten Brincke

    The Green Village at the TU Delft is a living lab for sustainable innovations. The Co Creation Centre (CCC) will be their new meeting center (13.5 x

  • 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

  • Modeling Megapanels

    • Paper by Elizabeth Bishop, AIA, LEED AP · Emily Green, NCARB, LEED GA · Lisa Podesto, PE

    Large format, steel-stud framed “megapanel” facades with rainscreen cladding create uniquely complicated requirements for digital documentation and

  • Contextualizing Glass and Carbon Impacts

    • Paper by Kayla Natividad, PhD, WELL AP, LEED Green Associate · Kyle Sword

    Climate change goals will require significant improvements in the way buildings are constructed and operated. Building reuse can combat climate

  • Novel Thermal Break Solution

    • Paper by Yuzhen Steve Zhou

    Thermal-break-blanket technology is a novel and high-performance thermal break solution for aluminum curtain walls. The thermal-break-blanket is

  • Stainless Steel 101 featured image

    Stainless Steel 101

    • Paper by Michael Mulhern,
    This paper presents a summary of the industry advances beyond T304 and T316 austenitic stainless steels. The greater availability of precipitation…
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    Curved Forming Panel Facades

    • Paper by Roger Schroeder,
    The performative and visual aspects of curved forming/bending thin “formable” planar materials is explored. Early tests for deflection indicate that…
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    Controlling Anisotropy in Heat Treated Glass

    • Paper by Francis Serruys, Dr. Romain Decourcelle,
    Anisotropy is also known as Brewster marks, quench marks, strain pattern, leopard spots, Iridescence, etc. Although anisotropy is inevitable when…

  • Green Wall Rainscreen

    • Paper by Stephan Wurster · Till Jackenkroll

    Green Wall applications are growing in popularity around the world. Often thought of as a decorative element they provide much more than aesthetic

  • The Tectonics of Flimsiness

    • Paper by Timothy Brown AIA NCARB CSI

    Architecture has traditionally celebrated the joining of two building components or materials. Joinery serves as a key site for architectural

  • Facade with Innovation

    • Paper by YU Hui · JIN Shihui

    Shanshui City and Star Bund Center can be considered as representative projects of RFR Shanghai recently Both provide creative solutions for complex