The façade system is a potent potential lever for bringing transformative change to buildings and urban habitat in the pursuit of carbon reduction and net zero carbon goals. Nothing in architecture combines attributes of appearance and performance as does the building façade.
Wearables protect us from climatic conditions, they provide privacy, comfort and they also reflect our style and personality. Building facades in the
Adaptive facade systems are a promising approach to achieve a dynamic response to varying weather conditions and user demands. The interdisciplinary
Resiliency is the capacity of a building (or building component in the case of the facade) to support building functionalities during extreme events
Facades play a relevant role in the search for a more sustainable approach to modern architecture. The amount of embodied and operational energy can
Building envelopes cover a considerable part of the urban exterior surfaces, and to therefore have a significant leverage effect on the climate
Recent planning recognizes a growing demand for buildings that provide higher levels of occupant well-being. Often, well-being in buildings is
Pushing Change: R&D Innovation Processes in Construction Building Products, the second installment of the FTI Dialogues: Suppliers & Contractors Series, took place virtually on Friday, March 26th.
Today, about 40% of all buildings in the U.S. still have single-pane windows, and ~70% of the existing building stock is estimated to suffer from
Business Insider has described San Francisco’s Chase Arena as setting “a new standard for a sports arena in the US”, and “the state-of-the-art arena
This paper will address the potential of ornamental architectural terracotta surfaces to mitigate the effects of climate fluctuations that will
The project described in this paper explores the integration of custom-made soft robotic muscles into a component-based surface. This project is part
Facades play an integral role in defining the experience of modern life. As rising populations gravitate from rural to urban communities, they bring
Highly transformable materials can be used as adaptive exterior shading systems by leveraging the relationship between external stimuli (heat) and