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  • Transfer Topologies

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

  • Undulated Glass Self-shading

    The research is structured around complex optical effects of undulated glass and coatings that exhibit high reflectivity, especially at higher

  • Sustainable Façades

    Transposing innovation from government funded research to commercially viable solutions becomes ever more important when combined with the urgent

  • Design Principles For Museum Daylight Systems

    This research unlocks the relationship between space, structure and light in nine unique museums developed by architect Renzo Piano. Renzo Piano uses

  • Paul Rudolph's Christian Science Building

    This paper presents new historical research on the concrete facade of an important but relatively unknown and now demolished building by the American

  • Architectural Ceramic Assemblies

    This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

  • Facades Education in the United States

    This paper presents the results of a research study, outlining the state of facades education at higher-education institutions across the United

  • Attention to Overheating in Curtainwall Buildings

    <p>Several years ago, Technoform and the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) researched the thermal performance of different…

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    Prototyping with Ultra-Thin Glass

    <p>This paper proposes system concepts and fabrication methods for the use of ultra-thin glass in facades. It documents the team's research on…

  • Recent Adaptive Textile Façade Systems

    <p><em>Adaptive facade systems are a promising approach to achieve a dynamic response to varying weather conditions and user demands. The…

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    Form Follows Well-Being

    <p>Recent planning recognizes a growing demand for buildings that provide higher levels of occupant well-being. Often, well-being in buildings is…

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    Adaptive Building Envelope

    <p>Designing a multi-functional building envelope as an architectural façade, environmental interface and solar collector is a multi-objective…

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    Lithic Revival

    <p>The recently completed Capital One Hall performing arts center located in the Washington DC metro area is defined by a pleated exterior of glass…

  • All-Glass Bearing Facades

    The Green Village at the TU Delft is a living lab for sustainable innovations. The Co Creation Centre (CCC) will be their new meeting center (13.5 x

  • HydroSKIN

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

  • Exo-Skins

    Cost-effective, sustainable, self-actuating, thermally-responsive, bio-composite exo-skins that act like shields or cloaks for existing buildings

  • OpenFacadeControl

    Automated facades are, for the most part, still considered as separate from other building systems throughout the design, installation,