Papers

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  • Advanced Simulation for Thermal Stress Assessment

    • Paper by Andrea Zani · Jamie Reyes · Guido Lori · Jacob Hanke · Giacomo Zangiacomi

    In recent years, the desire for increased performance, transparency and visual flatness of glazing elements in curtain walls has generated renewed

  • Impact Of Thermal Bridges On The Energy Response Of A Building

    • Paper by Ilaria Sebastiani · Riccardo Pinotti · Stefano Avesani · Simone D’Amore · Stefano Pampanin

    The European building stock is mainly constituted by highly energy demanding buildings. The only way to a more sustainable and decarbonized building

  • Iconic Buildings

    • Paper by Xavier Ferrés Padró · Paula Martín Goñi

    The iconic building principal incentive is to be visually attractive or stand out, for this purpose three main features must be accomplished: have a

  • Sustainable Façades

    • Paper by Dr. Thomas Henriksen · Jean-Marc Moulin Norsk · Dr. Jacopo Montali

    Transposing innovation from government funded research to commercially viable solutions becomes ever more important when combined with the urgent

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    Facade Resilience Evaluation Framework

    • Paper by Fabio Favoino, Department of energy Adèle Chalumeau, Facade engineer Audrey Aquaronne, Facade engineer

    <p>Resiliency is the capacity of a building (or building component in the case of the facade) to support building functionalities during extreme…

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    Envelope For Service

    • Paper by Annalisa Andaloro, Miren Juaristi, Stefano Avesani, Giulia Santoro, Matteo Orlandi,

    <p>Envelope-for-Service (E4S) is a novel business model developed with the aim of converting the building façade from a traditionally traded good to…

  • ACT Facade

    • Paper by Paul-Rouven Denz · Daniel Arztmann · Natchai Suwannapruk

    Due to material and technological advancement during the last century, transparency has become a prominent trend in contemporary architecture.

  • All-Glass Bearing Facades

    • Paper by Erwin ten Brincke

    The Green Village at the TU Delft is a living lab for sustainable innovations. The Co Creation Centre (CCC) will be their new meeting center (13.5 x

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    Printed Facades?

    • Paper by Philipp L. Rosendahl, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chris Borg Costanzi, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Philipp A. Chhadeh, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Robert Akerboom, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Benedikt Waldschmitt, Institute for Steel Construction and Materials Mechanics, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Alexander Wolf, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt Marvin Kehl, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Ulrich Knaack, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    <p>While additive manufacturing (AM) offers unprecedented freedom of design and a remarkable potential for material efficiency and lightweight…

  • Embodied Carbon Of Timber Unitized Curtain Wall

    • Paper by Isabelle Hens, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, EIT · Sophie Pennetier · Simon Schleicher

    The building envelope is at the intersection of embodied and operational emissions. Curtain wall specifically could play an important role in

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    Go Big or Go Home!

    • Paper by Patrick Loughran, FAIA, PE, LEED AP, Richard Barrett, AIA, Senior Associate

    <p>This paper will focus on the design and detailing of large-format glass enclosures intended to maximize transparency using state-of-the-art…

  • Green Façade/Roofs Design Tool

    • Paper by Abolfazl Ganji Kheybari · Morteza Kasravi

    Climate change and related thermal issues, draw attention to the impact of green facades and roofs on energy savings and thermal comfort. Besides, by

  • A Burning Question Revisited

    • Paper by Stéphane Pierre Hoffman

    In recent decades the use of unitized glazing systems has become increasingly common especially for high-rise construction. The opaque panels in

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    Environmental Facade Perspective

    • Paper by Patricia Shaw, M Arch., MSc Facade Engineering, Facade Specialist

    <p>Designing a sustainable rainscreen wall assembly has become an essential part of most new construction projects. Industry principles and energy…

  • Facade Maintenance Access

    • Paper by Carmen Chun, MEng, P.Eng., LEED® AP · Leonard Pianalto MSc (Civil), P.Eng., LEED® AP, FEC

    Facades are an architectural feature and an integral part of the building enclosure. To ensure that the facades continue their function, they must be

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    Smart Colored Window Technology

    • Paper by Negar Heidari Matin, negar.matin@ou.edu Seyed Mojtaba Mirabedini, Visiting Professor at Eastern Michigan University Zhina Rashidzadeh, Ph.D. student at Gibbs College of Architecture

    <p>Traditional architecture can be a valuable source of inspiration for designers. Sustainable design concepts in traditional architecture have been…