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Kinetic Solar Envelope
- Paper by Christina Koukelli, Facade Engineer Alejandro Prieto, Researcher Serdar Asut, Academic, Architect
Kinetic responsive systems are gaining attention in architectural applications, to reduce the building’s energy consumption and environmental impact,…

October 11, 2022
Build Test Iterate Repeat
- Paper by Elizabeth L McCormick, RA, CPHC, LEED AP, Assistant Professor
The global increase in atmospheric temperature rise combined with the rapid growth of previously underdeveloped climate zones presents a growing need…

March 19, 2020
Innovative Façades for a Sustainable Architecture
- Paper by Lucio Blandini,
Facades play a relevant role in the search for a more sustainable approach to modern architecture. The amount of embodied and operational energy can …

October 11, 2022
Artwork Becomes Facadework: A Collaboration with Olafur Eliasson
- Paper by Stephen Katz, Technical Director
What is the difference between artwork and facadework? How can artwork be integrated into building façades? What are the possibilities when a façade …

October 11, 2022
The Butterfly
- Paper by Venelin Kokalov · Shinobu Homma, Architect AIBC, AAA, MRAIC · Amirali Javidan · Zhuoli Yang, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C
Providing a unique and integral cladding/envelope solution suited for high-rise buildings has been an inherent challenge for this building typology s…

March 20, 2020
Bringing an Icon Into the Future: Willis Tower
- Paper by Stephen Katz, Technical Director
Few buildings are as iconic as Willis Tower. Generations of Chicagoans have a collective memory of this building playing a role in their entire lives…

October 11, 2022
Retroreflective Coating for Window Blinds
- Paper by Luca Papaiz · Lars Oliver Grobe · Giuseppe De Michele
Solar shading devices are required to find a trade-off between conflicting requirements: Protection from excessive solar gains and glare, daylight pr…

March 23, 2020
Reinforced Polymer Concrete Screen Walls
- Paper by Brock DeSmit · Jessica Hong · Becher Eli Neme
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…

March 17, 2020
Carbon-Dioxide-Inhaling Facade
- Paper by Prof. Dr. Timo Schmidt, Professor for facade technology and design Carmen Herrmann, Student Dr. Michael Lakatos, Professor Daniel Zabicki, Scientific Employee Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Wahl, Professor Kai Scherer, PhD Student
3.5 billion years ago, cyanobacteria created the foundation for life on Earth by producing the oxygen basis for our atmosphere. Should we once again …

March 15, 2020
Paul Rudolph's Christian Science Building
- Paper by Scott Murray
This paper presents new historical research on the concrete facade of an important but relatively unknown and now demolished building by the American…

March 14, 2018