Papers

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    Hybrid Timber

    • Paper by Stacey Hooper, AIA, LEED BD+C,

    This case study provides an overview of building hybrid curtain wall system and future opportunities for the use of timber. It will also review the b…

  • The First Triple Certified Facade

    • Paper by Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

    Johnson Controls (JCI), a leading provider of intelligent building technology solicited the design of a 35,000sm headquarters for its Asia-Pacific Re…

  • 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…

  • Curved Forming Panel Facades featured image

    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 …

  • 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…

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    Ginza Six

    • Paper by Katsuhiko Muramoto, Associate Professor of Architecture Junko Owada, Architect at Asahi Building Wall Company, Tokyo

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

  • Shape Memory Alloy Activated Shading featured image

    Shape Memory Alloy Activated Shading

    • Paper by Alberto Speroni, Lorenzo Vercesi, Andrea Giovanni Mainini, Tiziana Poli,

    A novel shading device for facade application was developed by combining innovative geometry elements (twisting cylinders) with a smart use of shape-…

  • Fire Safety Facade Design featured image

    Fire Safety Facade Design

    • Paper by Rigone Paolo, Mazzucchelli Enrico Sergio, De la Fuente Ceja Blanca Judith,

    Nowadays the construction industry is characterised by high multifunctional and complex buildings with innovative facade systems. Unlike a simple pre…

  • Active and Energy Autonomous Window

    • Paper by Annalisa Andaloro · Leire Minguez Hilera · Stefano Avesani

    Reducing GHG emissions related to energy use in buildings is a prominent obligation given their impact in terms of climate change. In this light, ene…

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    Sustainable Materials

    • Paper by Michael C. Mulhern P.E., President

    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…

  • 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 …

  • The Thermal Blanket Concept featured image

    The Thermal Blanket Concept

    • Paper by Bharat Patel, PE, CEM, LEED AP, Michael Bulander, AIA, LEED AP,

    This paper tells the story of a Double Skin Facade (DSF), where high performance and multi-disciplinary collaboration saves a library concept of open…

  • Thermal Analysis of Complex Glazing featured image

    Thermal Analysis of Complex Glazing

    • Paper by Adrian Turcato, Chris Stutzki, Erik Olsen,

    The use of bidirectional scattering distribution function incorporated in a transient systems simulation program, allows engineers to accurately dete…

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    Adaptive Facades

    • Paper by Walter Haase, Werner Sobek, Enrica Oliva, Michele Andaloro,

    Facade engineering aims at appropriately balancing the demands imposed by the context and the capabilities inherent to the materials, the geometries …

  • Predictive Modeling in an Automated Building Facade featured image

    Predictive Modeling in an Automated Building Facade

    • Paper by Troy Nolan Peters PhD, Associate Professor

    Computer simulations of an automated dynamic facade in a passively heated and cooled building by using predictive modeling of short-term future weath…

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    Passive House Facade Design and Construction

    • Paper by Louis Koehl, AIA, CPHD, Project Architect

    Buildings account for over 40% of global emissions (GlobalABC, 2018). Growing populations and higher standards of living are increasing pressure on t…

  • Localized Rigidification of PCM Envelopes featured image

    Localized Rigidification of PCM Envelopes

    • Paper by Elnaz Tafrihi,

    This is an experimental and computational exploration of structural systems that transform between states of rigidity and flexibility. The goal is to…

  • Preserving a Historic Facade featured image

    Preserving a Historic Facade

    • Paper by Maria Mohammed, S.E., Design Engineer John Fidler, RIBA, Intl Assoc AIA, FRICS, FSA, FRSA, FIIC, FAPT, President

    Environmental and socio-economic benefits of sustainable preservation have become apparent most recently in the restoration of the historic former Ma…

  • The Versatile Envelope Garden

    • Paper by Nathaniel Barlam · Yunyao Lin · Ben Silverman

    Facades play an integral role in defining the experience of modern life. As rising populations gravitate from rural to urban communities, they bring …