Papers

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    Building by Numbers

    • Paper by Trevor Stephen Lewis PhD | PE | FRSA, Principal

    This paper outlines the successful implementation of digital workflows between the design team composed of Architect, Structural Engineer and Project…

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    Elliptical Ways

    • Paper by Gustav Fagerström, Lia Tramontini, Kelly Burkhart, Jianing Song, Sanjeev Tankha,

    Construction projects almost invariably encounter a critical stage at the moment of handover between the designing and the executing party. At this p…

  • Terra Cotta Skins featured image

    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…

  • Prefab Facades – from Prototype to Product?

    • Paper by Lisa Rammig · Andrea Zani · Tim Murphy

    Building envelopes are not only an immediately visible part of the building, they have also become a major factor both for cost and performance of th…

  • Academic Wood Tower Choreography

    • Paper by John Peterson OAA FRAIC LEED AP BD+C · Leland Dadson OAA CPHD

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

  • Sustainable Materials

    • Paper by Michael C. Mulhern P.E.

    Stainless steel has been successfully used in building envelopes since the completion of the Chrysler building in 1928. Today, it is used as both a s…

  • Mixed Reality in Facade Education

    • Paper by Phillip Anzalone AIA · Amber Bartosh, RA LEED AP BD+C

    Developments in performative computational analysis, mass customization, and complex form manipulation revolutionized building envelope design proces…

  • Transitions Between Diverse Envelope Systems featured image

    Transitions Between Diverse Envelope Systems

    • Paper by Kristian Fosholt, LEED AP BD+C, Megan Koehler, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Andrew Tsay Jacobs, AIA, EIT, LEED AP BD+C,

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

  • Heat-actuated Auxetic Facades

    • Paper by Amira Abdel-Rahman · Elnaz Tafrihi

    Highly transformable materials can be used as adaptive exterior shading systems by leveraging the relationship between external stimuli (heat) and re…

  • Ceramic Precast Composite Panels featured image

    Ceramic Precast Composite Panels

    • Paper by Edward Rubio, Edward J. Rubio, Gregory Lucier, Ph.D., Brian Moskow, PE, Sami H. Rizkalla, Ph.D., FACI, FASCE, FEIC, FCSCE, FIIFC, FPCI,

    An innovative lightweight ceramic precast composite panel is introduced in this paper that offers the unique benefits of prefabricated off-site const…

  • Controlling Anisotropy in Heat Treated Glass featured image

    Controlling Anisotropy in Heat Treated Glass

    • Paper by Francis Serruys, Dr. Romain Decourcelle,

    Anisotropy is also known as Brewster marks, quench marks, strain pattern, leopard spots, Iridescence, etc. Although anisotropy is inevitable when hea…

  • Architectural Ceramic Assemblies featured image

    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…

  • Build Test Iterate Repeat featured image

    Build Test Iterate Repeat

    • Paper by Elizabeth L McCormick, RA, CPHC, LEED AP, Assistant Professor

    The global increase in atmospheric temperature rise combined with the rapid growth of previously underdeveloped climate zones presents a growing need…

  • The Evolution of AEC Professional Silos featured image

    The Evolution of AEC Professional Silos

    • Paper by David Olsen, AIA, Senior Associate Megan Leon, P.E., Design Engineer Christopher Chiuchiolo, LEED AP, Project Manager Andrea Bono, P.E., LEED AP BD+C, Senior Consulting Engineer – Building Technology Nick Rustia, P.E., Facilities Development, Project Manager Diane T Sands, MLIS, MFA, MS-GIST, Librarian

    Healthcare projects in northern California require specialized knowledge to navigate regulation, technological advancements, and project execution du…

  • Contextual Envelopes featured image

    Contextual Envelopes

    • Paper by Zoltan Neville,

    Aesthetic and technical capabilities of facade design have become seemingly endless as building technologies progress. While the capacity to address …

  • Reinforced Polymer Concrete Screen Walls featured image

    Reinforced Polymer Concrete Screen Walls

    • Paper by Brock DeSmit, Partner Jessica Hong, Lead Designer Becher Eli Neme, Principal, Founder

    Apertures is a six-story, commercial building in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City–a neighborhood severely impacted by the 1985 and 2017 ear…

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    The Butterfly

    • Paper by Venelin Kokalov, Design Principal Shinobu Homma, Architect AIBC, AAA, MRAIC, Technical Principal Amirali Javidan, Associate Director Zhuoli Yang, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, Architect

    Providing a unique and integral cladding/envelope solution suited for high-rise buildings has been an inherent challenge for this building typology s…

  • Curved Forming Panel Facades

    • Paper by Roger Schroeder

    The performative and visual aspects of curved forming/bending thin “formable” planar materials is explored. Early tests for deflection indicate that …

  • Climate-Oriented Prefabricated Building Envelopes featured image

    Climate-Oriented Prefabricated Building Envelopes

    • Paper by Sridharan Gandhi, Andrew Tsay Jacobs, AIA, EIT, LEED AP BD+C, Karen Kensek, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C,

    Facades developed in response to climactic factors increase performance and human comfort while reducing energy loads. A single building envelope wil…