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Prototyping with Ultra-Thin Glass
- Paper by Sophie Pennetier, Associate Director - Specialty Design Josephine Stoddard, Master of Building Science, Structural and Environmental Analysis and Design Karen Kensek, Professor
This paper proposes system concepts and fabrication methods for the use of ultra-thin glass in facades. It documents the team's research on…
March 19, 2020
Teaching Facades
- Paper by Alex Terzich,
As facades become more sophisticated and complex, more detail-intensive and performance-critical, it's vital that architecture students develop a…
March 14, 2018
Feasibility of Measuring Stress in Glass with a SCALP
- Paper by Nabhajit Goswami, Student Stephen M Morse, P.E., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
The SCALP device is designed to measure the residual compressive surface stress of glass. As the SCALP does not rely on the birefringence properties…
March 17, 2020
All-Glass Bearing Facades
- Paper by Erwin ten Brincke, MSc
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…
October 11, 2022
Comparison of Historical Weathered Annealed Glass Failure Data to ASTM E1300
- Paper by Nabhajit Goswami; Student, ngoswami@mtu.edu Stephen M Morse; Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Michigan Tech University, smmorse@mtu.edu
Historical published weathered annealed failure data consisting of 13 samples were collected and glass failure prediction model surface flaw…
October 11, 2022
Designing with Photovoltaics
- Paper by Wayne Walker · Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C · Sam Crawford
Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With

March 15, 2020
The Tectonics of Flimsiness
- Paper by Timothy Brown AIA NCARB CSI, Associate Professor
Architecture has traditionally celebrated the joining of two building components or materials. Joinery serves as a key site for architectural…
March 22, 2020
Determination of Interlayer Structural Properties for Use in Laminated Glass Design
- Paper by Michael Härth, Dipl.-Ing. (FH), M.Sc., Dr.-Ing., Research Scientist Stephen J Bennison, B.Sc., M.S., Ph.D., Research Fellow Steven R Sauerbrunn, B.Sc., Ph.D., Thermal Analysis Engineer
We have seen rapid expansion in the last decade of laminated glass design using modern analytical and computational methods. Essential to the proper…
March 22, 2020
Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Heritage Façades
- Paper by Bahar Basarir, PhD · Hatice Yasemin Cakir
With the developments in production, industrial facilities lost their function and were abandoned over time. The most frequent and often the most

October 11, 2022
International Facade Education
- Paper by James Doerfler, Uta Pottgiesser,
Globalization in the construction industry has brought about new demands for buildings and construction projects, new demands that still need to take…
March 14, 2018
The Glass Failure Prediction Model
- Paper by James G. Soules, P.E., S.E., P.Eng., SECB, F. SEI, F. ASCE, Graduate Student, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering Stephen M. Morse, P.E., Ph.D., A.M, ASTM, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering H. Scott Norville, P.E., Ph.D., F. FTI, F. ASCE, F. ASTM, Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering
ASTM E 1300 Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance (LR) of Glass in Buildings defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being…
February 21, 2020
Innovative Façades for a Sustainable Architecture
- Paper by Lucio Blandini
Facades play a relevant role in the search for a more sustainable approach to modern architecture. The amount of embodied and operational energy can

October 11, 2022
Algorithmic Patterns for Facade Design
- Paper by Inês Caetano, António Leitão,
Recently, building envelopes have been exhibiting complex shapes and patterns, a trend supported by current digital technologies. Likewise, the…
March 12, 2018
Printed Facades?
- Paper by Philipp L. Rosendahl · Chris Borg Costanzi · Philipp A. Chhadeh · Robert Akerboom · Benedikt Waldschmitt · Alexander Wolf · Marvin Kehl · Ulrich Knaack
While additive manufacturing (AM) offers unprecedented freedom of design and a remarkable potential for material efficiency and lightweight

October 11, 2022
Transformation as Movement
- Paper by Vytenis Gureckas,
In 1888 the art historian Heinrich Wölfflin proposed the notion that the primary characteristic of baroque architecture is the illusion of movement.…
March 14, 2018
Thermoelectric Facades
- Paper by Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT · Zlatan Aksamija, PhD · Mahsa Farid Mohajer · Meenakshi Upadhyaya · Guy Vigneau
This article discusses design, prototype development and a simulation study of novel types of facade systems, which integrate thermoelectric (TE)

January 22, 2020
Multi-domain Assessment of a Kinetic Facade
- Paper by Kunyo Luo, Master of Building Science Karen Kensek, LEED AP BD+C, DPACSA, Professor of Practice Marc Schiler, FASES, Professor
An assessment workflow was created to simulate and evaluate the performance of a kinetic facade in an interior space. It includes parameters of…
June 10, 2020
Doubling Mies
- Paper by Timothy Brown AIA NCARB CSI, Associate Professor
Mies van der Rohe’s concurrently designed projects for Commonwealth Promenade Apartments (1953-1956) and the Esplanade Apartments (1953-1957), saw…
March 22, 2020
Glazing Design By ASTM E 1300
- Paper by H. Scott Norville, P.E., Ph.D., F. FTI, F. ASCE, F. ASTM, Professor Stephen M. Morse, P.E., Ph.D., A.M, ASTM, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering James G. Soules, P.E., S.E., P.Eng., SECB, F. SEI, F. ASCE, Graduate Student, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering
ASTM E 1300 “Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance of Glass in Buildings” defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being…
January 29, 2020
Advances in Effective Thickness
- Paper by Adam J Nizich, P.E., Senior Consulting Engineer Andrea M. La Greca, P.E., Consulting Engineer Laura Galuppi, PhD, Assistant Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics
Effective thickness is a simplified method for the structural evaluation of laminated glass section properties. The method consists of defining the…
October 11, 2022