Papers

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  • Terracotta 1912 to 2018 featured image

    Terracotta 1912 to 2018

    • Paper by Carol Loewenson, FAIA, LEED AP, Stephen Dietz, AIA, LEED AP,

    <p>Center Three is a 100-year-old, one million square-foot building in Long Island City, New York that was constructed over the course of one year.…

  • A Compact, Unitized Double Skin Facade

    • Paper by Alex Cox, LEED AP · James Hock, LEED AP BD+C · Laura Ziegler · Karin Lamberts

    Driven by an increasing demand for high thermal and acoustic performance, transparency, and low maintenance costs, a number of facade innovations

  • Shade and Spectacle featured image

    Shade and Spectacle

    • Paper by Warren Techentin, FAIA, NCARB, LEED, Adjunct Associate Professor

    <p>This paper will look at the different facades of the Elysian Fields apartment building designed by Warren Techentin Architecture [WTARCH] and…

  • Infinite Panel System featured image

    Infinite Panel System

    • Paper by Mike Ryan, Director of Product Development Facades Division Brian Stern, Regional Energy Director Michael Adams, Senior Energy Analyst

    <p>Today, building facades are expected to do much more than merely provide shelter, which is driving the need for higher performing envelope…

  • End-of-Life Challenges in Facade Design featured image

    End-of-Life Challenges in Facade Design

    • Paper by Rebecca Hartwell, PhD Candidate Mauro Overend, Professor of Structural Design & Mechanics

    <p>In recent decades, there has been increased attention to reduce the operational energy performance of buildings. Stringent legislation on building…

  • Integrating Structure and Cladding featured image

    Integrating Structure and Cladding

    • Paper by Jerome Engelking, Christian Stutzki, Principal

    <p>The project represents a successful integration of a glass facade with the primary structure of the building. The choice of the building material…

  • Two Sides to Sustainability & High-performance

    • Paper by Brian Fraumeni · Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C · Adam Moqrane

    High performance can be defined as “a building that integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building attributes, including energy

  • Influence of Facade Materials on the Acoustic Environment featured image

    Influence of Facade Materials on the Acoustic Environment

    • Paper by Alvaro Balderrama, M.Eng. LEED Green Associate, Daniel Arztmann, Prof. Dipl-Ing. M.Eng., Jens-Uwe Schulz, Prof. Dipl-Ing.,

    <p>Urban noise pollution is a major environmental health problem. International organizations are making efforts to prevent health damage due to high…

  • Hydroformed Shading

    • Paper by Michelle Siu-Ching Lee · Robert Matthew Noblett · Roman Schieber

    New approaches to lightweight metal forming have the potential to advance architectural fabrication, particularly in the design and engineering of

  • Green Wall Rainscreen featured image

    Green Wall Rainscreen

    • Paper by Stephan Wurster, Business Development Manager Till Jackenkroll, Product and Innovation Manager

    <p>Green Wall applications are growing in popularity around the world. Often thought of as a decorative element they provide much more than aesthetic…

  • Detailing For Distance

    • Paper by Daniel Kelso

    Quickly exceeding new facade service life expectations for tall buildings imposed by increasing environmental, economic, and social pressures have

  • Shaping Skin featured image

    Shaping Skin

    • Paper by John Neary AIA LEED AP NCARB, Sr. Associate

    <p>The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on…

  • Passive House Facade Design and Construction

    • Paper by Louis Koehl, AIA, CPHD

    Buildings account for over 40% of global emissions (GlobalABC, 2018). Growing populations and higher standards of living are increasing pressure on

  • The First Triple Certified Facade featured image

    The First Triple Certified Facade

    • Paper by Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Associate

    <p>Johnson Controls (JCI), a leading provider of intelligent building technology solicited the design of a 35,000sm headquarters for its Asia-Pacific…

  • Designing with Photovoltaics featured image

    Designing with Photovoltaics

    • Paper by Wayne Walker, Associate, Project Architect Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C, Sustainability Strategist Sam Crawford, Intern

    <p>Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With…

  • Architectural Shape Optimization

    • Paper by Patricia Edith Camporeale, PhD

    This paper explores the architectural shape optimization of typical housing typologies: slab and high-rise residential buildings to reduce primary

  • Rammed Earth & Wildfire

    • Paper by Brittany Dhawan, AIA

    California is set to be drier and more drought prone with climate change. Wildfire and the subsequent loss of life and housing is a huge challenge.

  • Growing Myceliated Facades featured image

    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.

    <p>Today's sustainability in architecture takes into consideration the complete life cycle of buildings and their components, from resource…

  • Breathing Lessons featured image

    Breathing Lessons

    • Paper by Xaver Nuiding, Manager Design Dynamic Components Thomas Lorenz, Designer Engineering Philipp Herreiner, MSc., Project Design Manager Dr.-Ing. Michael Engelmann, Manager Technical Solutions

    <p>For a new corporate headquarters in San Francisco’s Mission Bay district, SHoP Architects designed a semi-conditioned atrium space inside the…

  • Transfer Topologies

    • Paper by Nada Tarkhan

    This research looks at the relationship of material and geometric distribution to set a methodology for integrating structural and thermal design.