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  • Influence of Facade Materials on the Acoustic Environment

    Urban noise pollution is a major environmental health problem. International organizations are making efforts to prevent health damage due to high

  • The Monash Woodside Building

    Today’s environmental challenges highlight the necessity of a holistic approach to façade design and construction, key to achieve the ambitious 2030

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    The Carapace Pavilion

    The Carapace Pavilion is a university-based, design-build, full-scale custom prototype for a possible replacement of the standard precast concrete…
  • BioFacades Classification

    Coauthors: Mary Ben Bonham, Department of Architecture + Interior Design, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA [corresponding] [presenting at the…
  • Transitions Between Diverse Envelope Systems

    The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California features an extremely diverse set of facade systems within one

  • The Vertical Campus Facade

    Case study of the recently opened John A. Paulson Center for New York University in Manhattan reviews design solutions of façade depth and scale to

  • Environmentally Responsible Wood Cladding

    This case study focuses on the solutions provided for the Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota. Our design team worked with the client to

  • Architectural Ceramic Assemblies

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

  • Academic Wood Tower Choreography

    With an ever-growing interest in mid- and high-rise mass timber construction, this paper highlights the insights and lessons learned across global

  • Recent Adaptive Textile Façade Systems

    Adaptive facade systems are a promising approach to achieve a dynamic response to varying weather conditions and user demands. The interdisciplinary

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    Daylighting Post-Occupancy Evaluation Study

    Daylighting is a key strategy to energy efficiency and improved occupant comfort, health, and productivity in buildings. However, providing desired…
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    HydroSKIN

    Building envelopes cover a considerable part of the urban exterior surfaces, and to therefore have a significant leverage effect on the climate…
  • Mapping Advanced Facades

    This paper describes the development of an interactive map that highlights case studies of advanced facade design strategies and technologies from

  • Facade Design Beyond Buildings

    At the core of facade design is the concept of interdisciplinarity, a bridge between concept and materialization apt to relay a built form

  • The Performative Double-Skin

    Double-Skin Facades (DSF) are well-known to boost the thermal performance of a façade: they can provide extra insulation in the wintertime and lower

  • Design and Energy Analysis

    Integration and interoperability between Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Building Energy Modeling (BEM) tools pose major challenges for the

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    Optimized Adaptive Re-Use

    Contemporary building practice represents a disconnect between traditional manufacturing techniques, that favor straight runs and orthogonal…