The FTI Research Committee is requesting Research Concept Briefs describing a team and approach for evaluating industry needs and challenges surrounding four key topic areas in which FTI has identified a need to accelerate innovation. The proposed research will clearly identify knowledge gaps and ba
Glass by nature is a reflective material, and it is well-known and documented that issues of glare can occur due to solar reflection. This phenomenon…
Understanding how a building will reflect sunlight has gone from a rare requirement to a key consideration during the planning permission process in …
An assessment workflow was created to simulate and evaluate the performance of a kinetic facade in an interior space. It includes parameters of energ…
To paraphrase Robert le Ricolias, the art of the structure is where to put the folds. Using that inspiration, fundamental concepts from origami, topo…
Electrochromic windows introduced to building market as a smart glare control solution to provide visual comfort for building occupant. EC glazing ca…
The research is structured around complex optical effects of undulated glass and coatings that exhibit high reflectivity, especially at higher incide…
With increasing interest in wellness and human-centric design in workplaces, the design of building enclosures is predicated on optimizing competing …
New approaches to lightweight metal forming have the potential to advance architectural fabrication, particularly in the design and engineering of hi…
Daylighting is often an important component of architectural design and heavily influenced by a building’s facade and enclosure systems. Unlike many …
High performance can be defined as “a building that integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building attributes, including energy efficie…
While most of high-rise buildings feature a core surrounded by a spatial frame defining the volume, one could envision a column-free plan where the p…
Allowing sufficient amount of natural light while avoiding excessive sunlight penetration is often hard to achieve with static facade systems due to …
The design of complex, high-performance facades involves balancing attention towards principles of material selection, thermal and moisture protectio…
Steven Holl Architects designed two new buildings in the Museum District in Houston, Texas. Knippers Helbig is the facade consultant of both projects…
Over the last two decades, in what has been coined “The Digital Turn”, the introduction of parametric design software has afforded increased accessib…
Facades must be responsive to a myriad of qualities and influences ranging from urban impact and aesthetic character to numerous performance requirem…
The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on th…
Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With ne…
Facade engineering aims at appropriately balancing the demands imposed by the context and the capabilities inherent to the materials, the geometries …
