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  • Imagining Future Innovative Facades

    • Event by University of Massachusetts Amherst, Estudio Marshall & Asociados SA, TU Delft, NSG Group

    This workshop will focus on innovations in facade systems, particularly addressing materials, technologies, and innovative design methods.

  • 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…

  • High-Performance Building Facades

    • Event by University of Massachusetts Amherst

    For architects, designers, engineers, manufacturers, consultants, and owners' representatives interested in methods for designing high-performance facades.

  • Rethinking Building Skins

    • Paper by Eugenia Gasparri · Arianna Brambilla · Gabriele Lobaccaro · Francesco Goia · Annalisa Andaloro · Alberto Sangiorgio

    Building skins play a pivotal role in architecture. Other than the aesthetical and architectural aspects, facades are key to the climate performance,…

  • Facing Density

    • Paper by Wendy Cox,

    The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs projects a world population growth of over three billion over our current, nearly eight …

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    Case Study: Renovation of Fountain Place

    • Paper by Alfonso Lopez P.E., Principal and CEO David Dunham P.E, Director of Business Development Diarmuid Kelleher P.E., S.E., Director of Engineering

    Fountain Place is a project that exemplifies the latest technology and applications in building skin design and jumbo structural glass applications, …

  • Sculptural Facades

    • Paper by Matthew A. Trimble · Matthew Culver

    In the vein of mass production, manufacturers leverage repeatable parts and modular construction in an effort to maximize quality control while drivi…

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    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…

  • Pioneering the Structural Terracotta Mullion Façade

    • Paper by Victoria Ereskina · John Neary

    Architects today must explore alternative enclosure materials to meet evolving energy codes and embodied carbon regulations. Terra cotta has been mos…

  • HydroSKIN

    • Paper by Christina Eisenbarth, M.Sc. · Walter Haase, Dr.-Ing. · Lucio Blandini, Prof. Dr.-Ing. M.Arch. · Werner Sobek, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dr. h.c.

    Building envelopes cover a considerable part of the urban exterior surfaces, and to therefore have a significant leverage effect on the climate resil…

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    The Double Skin Facade

    • Paper by Lee A. Fithian, AIA, AICP, NCARB, LEED AP,

    The largest source of air pollution in North America is the atmospheric boundary layer of a city caused by its urban canyons with pollutants produced…

  • Contextualizing Glass and Carbon Impacts

    • Paper by Kayla Natividad, PhD, WELL AP, LEED Green Associate, Architectural Technical Service Engineer Kyle Sword, Manager Business Development

    Climate change goals will require significant improvements in the way buildings are constructed and operated. Building reuse can combat climate chang…

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    Form Follows Well-Being

    • Paper by David Bjelland M.Sc., Research Assistant Prof. Dr. sc. hum. MArch Dipl.-Ing. Timo Schmidt, Professor

    Recent planning recognizes a growing demand for buildings that provide higher levels of occupant well-being. Often, well-being in buildings is reduce…

  • ETFE Membrane Envelope Strategies

    • Paper by Audrey L Worden, ISSF · Kihong R. Ku, DDes · Alexander G. Worden, RA NCARB

    Airflow within the cavity of double-skin facades is a key component of adaptive building envelopes which change thermophysical properties to meet cha…

  • Catalytic Conversion

    • Paper by Damon Caldwell

    Nowadays, the power of images is seductive. Bold and complex facades often have an innovative appearance but superficial tectonic depth; experiential…

  • Highly Efficient Façades with Innovative Shading and Light Control featured image

    Highly Efficient Façades with Innovative Shading and Light Control

    • Paper by Klaus Reuschle, Project Director Robert Matthew Noblett, Partner Michelle Siu-Ching Lee, Roman Schieber, Associate Director ppa.

    The Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) on the Allston Campus is the largest new building at Harvard University in recent decades with a footprint …