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Mixed Reality in Facade Education
- Paper by Phillip Anzalone AIA, Professor Amber Bartosh, RA LEED AP BD+C, Professor
Developments in performative computational analysis, mass customization, and complex form manipulation revolutionized building envelope design proces…

March 22, 2020
Condensation Study of Windows
- Paper by Ajla Aksamija, Professor and Chair Suncica Milosevic, PhD Student Helen Sanders, General Manager Alexandra Blakeslee, Innovation & Projects
This paper discusses a simulation study of different window systems, where heat transfer simulations were performed to investigate thermal performanc…

October 11, 2022
Invert Auto-Shading
- Paper by Jae Yong Suk · Doris Sung
Allowing sufficient amount of natural light while avoiding excessive sunlight penetration is often hard to achieve with static facade systems due to …

March 15, 2020
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…

March 14, 2018
Targeted Enclosure Consulting
- Paper by Karl Jones
As building enclosure consulting services evolve and mature in markets, the scopes of service that are provided and sought, can become more standardi…

March 14, 2018
Evaluating Additive Manufacturing for Metallic Facade Components
- Paper by Natasa Mrazovic, M. Arch. Eng., M.C.E. · Martin Fischer
The state-of-the-art of Additive Manufacturing (AM), popularly known as 3D printing, shows its prospective future in the Architecture-Engineering-Con…

March 14, 2018