Rethinking Building Skins
<p>Building skins play a pivotal role in architecture. Other than the aesthetical and architectural aspects, facades are key to the climate…
<p>Building skins play a pivotal role in architecture. Other than the aesthetical and architectural aspects, facades are key to the climate…
In recent decades, there has been increased attention to reduce the operational energy performance of buildings. Stringent legislation on building
<p>Tokyo’s prestigious Ginza District, is home to innovative architectural design. One of the most recent examples is Ginza Six (GSIX), the largest…
High performance can be defined as “a building that integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building attributes, including energy
<p>This paper explores the architectural shape optimization of typical housing typologies: slab and high-rise residential buildings to reduce primary…
<p>Allowing sufficient amount of natural light while avoiding excessive sunlight penetration is often hard to achieve with static facade systems due…