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Fit for the Future
- Paper by Julia Koerner-Al-Rawi
Wearables protect us from climatic conditions, they provide privacy, comfort and they also reflect our style and personality. Building facades in the

September 02, 2024
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

October 11, 2022
Adaptive Building Envelope
- Paper by Abolfazl Ganji Kheybari · Jochen Lam
Designing a multi-functional building envelope as an architectural façade, environmental interface and solar collector is a multi-objective

October 10, 2016
Shaping Skin
- Paper by John Neary AIA LEED AP NCARB
The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on

March 21, 2020
Growing Myceliated Facades
- Paper by Thibaut Houette, M. Arch., Integrated Bioscience PhD student Brian Foresi, Biomedical Sciences (BS/MD) student Christopher Maurer, AIA, NCARB, Founder and Principal Architect Dr. Petra Gruber, Assoc. Prof.
Today's sustainability in architecture takes into consideration the complete life cycle of buildings and their components, from resource harvesting…
March 15, 2020