Papers

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  The Craft of Building Enclosures

  • Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Project Architect

  This paper will provide case studies of two high-performance building envelopes in the San Francisco Bay Area where the fabrication of bespoke façade…

  October 11, 2022
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  Pioneering the Structural Terracotta Mullion Façade

  • Paper by Victoria Ereskina · John Neary

  Architects today must explore alternative enclosure materials to meet evolving energy codes and embodied carbon regulations. Terra cotta has been mos…

  October 11, 2022
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  Reconfigurable Terracotta Facade

  • Paper by Jin Young Song, Associate Professor Dan Vrana, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the SMART Factory Jonathan Hopp, Assistant Professor, Alfred University Shawn Murrey, Senior Kiln Specialist, Alfred University Jiatao Wu, Graduate student Jongmin Shim, Associate Professor

  The traditional building facade as a permanent construction does not actively respond to the differing needs from varying weather conditions. Convent…

  October 11, 2022
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  Lightweight Veneer in High-rise Unitized Facades

  • Paper by Michael Chen, P.E., Principal Antonio Luz, R.A., Senior Associate

  Manufactured veneer panels such as glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC), ultra high performance concrete (UHPC), sintered stone, and terracotta are…

  March 23, 2020
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  Terra Cotta Skins

  • Paper by Laura B. Garofalo, Assistant Professor

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

  March 17, 2020
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  Architectural Ceramic Assemblies

  • Paper by Omar Khan, Bill Pottle, Mitchell Bring,

  This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo (SUNY) a…

  March 14, 2018