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  • Rethinking Building Skins featured image

    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…

  • End-of-Life Challenges in Facade Design

    In recent decades, there has been increased attention to reduce the operational energy performance of buildings. Stringent legislation on building

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    Ginza Six

    <p>Tokyo’s prestigious Ginza District, is home to innovative architectural design. One of the most recent examples is Ginza Six (GSIX), the largest…

  • Two Sides to Sustainability & High-performance

    High performance can be defined as “a building that integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building attributes, including energy

  • Architectural Shape Optimization featured image

    Architectural Shape Optimization

    <p>This paper explores the architectural shape optimization of typical housing typologies: slab and high-rise residential buildings to reduce primary…

  • Invert Auto-Shading featured image

    Invert Auto-Shading

    <p>Allowing sufficient amount of natural light while avoiding excessive sunlight penetration is often hard to achieve with static facade systems due…