Heat-actuated Auxetic Facades
Highly transformable materials can be used as adaptive exterior shading systems by leveraging the relationship between external stimuli (heat) and re…
Highly transformable materials can be used as adaptive exterior shading systems by leveraging the relationship between external stimuli (heat) and re…
Silicone materials have a long history in high performance building projects. Known for durability, they can reduce a building’s carbon footprint by …
We have seen rapid expansion in the last decade of laminated glass design using modern analytical and computational methods. Essential to the proper …
In the last twenty years we have seen the development of polymer interlayers for laminated glass where the resin compositions have been optimized for…
When it comes to the subject of building enclosure in Australia, one topic has eclipsed all others in recent years: combustible cladding. It has even…
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…
When we say composites, the reference is Fiber-Reinforced-Polymer composites, FRP. The most common glues or the polymer matrix of FRP is polyester or epoxy-based resins with variations that boggle the mind.
The design of complex, high-performance facades involves balancing attention towards principles of material selection, thermal and moisture protectio…