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  • OpenFacadeControl

    • Paper by Peter Grant, Technology Researcher II Tzu-Ching Su, Deputy Manager Luis Fernandes, Jordan Shackelford, Technology Researcher III Anand Prakash, Senior Scientific Engineering Associate Stephen Czarnecki, Software Developer Pei-Yu Yu, Deputy Division Director Feng-Yi Lin, Engineer
    Automated facades are, for the most part, still considered as separate from other building systems throughout the design, installation,…

  • Dynamic Shading Device

    • Paper by Gabriel de Bem, Professor Eduardo Krüger, Professor Alexandre Augusto Alberto Moreira de Abreu, Professor
    Responsive shading systems can dynamically improve indoor environmental conditions based on outdoor climate variations. Among the technologies,…

  • Recent Adaptive Textile Façade Systems

    • Paper by Lucio Blandini · Moon-Young Jeong · Michael Voigt · Jonathan Lopez · Hannah Schürmann · Arina Cazan · Hannah Raisch · Daniel Roth · Maria Matheou

    Adaptive facade systems are a promising approach to achieve a dynamic response to varying weather conditions and user demands. The interdisciplinary

  • Smart Colored Window Technology

    • Paper by Negar Heidari Matin · Seyed Mojtaba Mirabedini · Zhina Rashidzadeh

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

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    CR∆CKİNG THЄ C󉘳DЄ // DYN∆MİC L∆B F∆C∆DЄS

    • Paper by Amanda King, AIA, LEED AP BD&C, CPHC, Dayita Kumar, LEED GA, Associate Daniel Nauman, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, CPHC, Senior Associate
    The real estate market continues to demand “all glass” buildings often to the detriment of human comfort and thermal performance. For an office…
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    Passively Actuated Systems

    • Paper by Manuel Benitez Ruiz, Student David Gerber, Associate Professor of Practice
    Kinetic or responsive facades have been developed to improve buildings' daylighting conditions while mitigating energy consumption. Still, these…

  • HydroSKIN

    • Paper by Christina Eisenbarth, M.Sc. · Walter Haase, Dr.-Ing. · Lucio Blandini, Prof. Dr.-Ing. M.Arch. · Werner Sobek, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dr. h.c.

    Building envelopes cover a considerable part of the urban exterior surfaces, and to therefore have a significant leverage effect on the climate

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    Design Principles For Museum Daylight Systems

    • Paper by Edgar Stach, PhD, Professor, Director Michael Esposito, Senior Building Analyst
    This research unlocks the relationship between space, structure and light in nine unique museums developed by architect Renzo Piano. Renzo Piano uses…

  • Facing Density

    • Paper by Wendy Cox,
    The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs projects a world population growth of over three billion over our current, nearly eight…
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    Historical Evolution of Responsive Facades

    • Paper by Negar Heidari Matin, Ph.D. Candidate, LEED GA, Ali Eydgahi, Ph.D., Shimming Shyu, Ph.D., RA, LEED AP BD+C, Payam H. Matin, Ph.D.,
    Responsive facade system is considered a major component of high-performance building envelope that is capable of responding to environmental stimuli…