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Design Digital Recipes
- Paper by Trevor Stephen Lewis, PhD, PE, Lukasz Blonski, Jessica Chen, PE,
Precision in digital workflow is necessary to deliver facade projects where there is a high design aesthetic or structural performance requirement.…
March 14, 2018
DC Water Headquarters Case Study
- Paper by Sven Shockey, Leland Curtis, David Fersh,
Facades must be responsive to a myriad of qualities and influences ranging from urban impact and aesthetic character to numerous performance…
March 14, 2018
Algorithmic Patterns for Facade Design
- Paper by Inês Caetano, António Leitão,
Recently, building envelopes have been exhibiting complex shapes and patterns, a trend supported by current digital technologies. Likewise, the…
March 12, 2018
Two Sides to Sustainability & High-performance
- Paper by Brian Fraumeni, Associate, Project Designer Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C, Sustainability Strategist Adam Moqrane, Intern
High performance can be defined as “a building that integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building attributes, including energy…
May 22, 2020
Execution Ways
- Paper by Viswanath Urala, P.E., Senior Engineer Prakash R. Desai, P.E., S.E., Senior Structural Engineer
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…
March 22, 2020
Optimized Adaptive Re-Use
- Paper by Matthew Parker, Intern Architect John Souleles, Principal
Contemporary building practice represents a disconnect between traditional manufacturing techniques, that favor straight runs and orthogonal…
March 20, 2020
Managing Constraints
- Paper by Vincent IP, LEED AP BD+C, vip@nbbj.com
On a commercial high-rise tower project located in Hong Kong, the design team was challenged to make a facade that would beneficial to tenants with a…
March 22, 2020
Building by Numbers
- Paper by Trevor Stephen Lewis PhD | PE | FRSA, Principal
This paper outlines the successful implementation of digital workflows between the design team composed of Architect, Structural Engineer and Project…
March 15, 2020
Performance-based Facade Framework
- Paper by Mahsa Minaei, Ph.D. Candidate-Author Ajla Aksamija, Associate Professor-Co Author
Buildings have a considerable impact on the environment, and it is crucial to consider environmental and energy performance in building design.…
March 15, 2020
Architectural Shape Optimization
- Paper by Patricia Edith Camporeale, PhD, Posdoc researcher
This paper explores the architectural shape optimization of typical housing typologies: slab and high-rise residential buildings to reduce primary…
February 24, 2020
Multi-domain Assessment of a Kinetic Facade
- Paper by Kunyo Luo, Master of Building Science Karen Kensek, LEED AP BD+C, DPACSA, Professor of Practice Marc Schiler, FASES, Professor
An assessment workflow was created to simulate and evaluate the performance of a kinetic facade in an interior space. It includes parameters of…
June 10, 2020
Facade with Innovation
- Paper by YU Hui, Director JIN Shihui, Project Manager
Shanshui City and Star Bund Center can be considered as representative projects of RFR Shanghai recently Both provide creative solutions for complex…
March 15, 2020
Transfer Topologies
- Paper by Nada Tarkhan, Project Manager
This research looks at the relationship of material and geometric distribution to set a methodology for integrating structural and thermal design.…
March 21, 2020