Papers

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  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

    • Paper by Roman Schieber · Thorsten Helbig

    Steven Holl Architects designed two new buildings in the Museum District in Houston, Texas. Knippers Helbig is the facade consultant of both

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    Detailing For Distance

    • Paper by Daniel Kelso,

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

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    Passively Actuated Systems

    • Paper by Manuel Benitez Ruiz, Student David Gerber, Associate Professor of Practice

    <p>Kinetic or responsive facades have been developed to improve buildings' daylighting conditions while mitigating energy consumption. Still, these…

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    Structuring Skin

    • Paper by John Neary,

    <p>Curtain wall is the prevailing type of enclosure on modern buildings because of its economy, its independence from structure that allows…

  • Active and Energy Autonomous Window

    • Paper by Annalisa Andaloro · Leire Minguez Hilera · Stefano Avesani

    Reducing GHG emissions related to energy use in buildings is a prominent obligation given their impact in terms of climate change. In this light,

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    Specifying Electrochromic Glass

    • Paper by Belinda Valenti, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Associate Justin Glover, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Associate Principal

    <p>Electrochromic (EC) glass is a seemingly magical solution to a building’s sun shading problems. A technology that was originally developed about…

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    The Butterfly

    • Paper by Venelin Kokalov, Design Principal Shinobu Homma, Architect AIBC, AAA, MRAIC, Technical Principal Amirali Javidan, Associate Director Zhuoli Yang, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, Architect

    <p>Providing a unique and integral cladding/envelope solution suited for high-rise buildings has been an inherent challenge for this building…

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    International Facade Education

    • Paper by James Doerfler, Uta Pottgiesser,

    <p>Globalization in the construction industry has brought about new demands for buildings and construction projects, new demands that still need to…

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    Fire Safety Facade Design

    • Paper by Rigone Paolo, Mazzucchelli Enrico Sergio, De la Fuente Ceja Blanca Judith,

    <p>Nowadays the construction industry is characterised by high multifunctional and complex buildings with innovative facade systems. Unlike a simple…

  • Contextualizing Glass and Carbon Impacts

    • Paper by Kayla Natividad, PhD, WELL AP, LEED Green Associate · Kyle Sword

    Climate change goals will require significant improvements in the way buildings are constructed and operated. Building reuse can combat climate

  • Kinetic Solar Envelope

    • Paper by Christina Koukelli · Alejandro Prieto · Serdar Asut

    Kinetic responsive systems are gaining attention in architectural applications, to reduce the building’s energy consumption and environmental impact,

  • Growing Myceliated Facades

    • Paper by Thibaut Houette, M. Arch. · Brian Foresi · Christopher Maurer, AIA, NCARB · Dr. Petra Gruber

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

  • Design of Facade and Overhead All-Glass Structures in Building Renovations

    • Paper by Alfonso E. Lopez, P.E., Principal & CEO David Dunham, P.E., Director of Business Development Andrew Duncan, Pre-Construction Design Consultant

    <p>The contemporary renovation of historic buildings often includes all-glass structures that allow architects to preserve the original building…

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    An Energy-harvesting Building Facade

    • Paper by Fangliang Chen, Ph.D., PE, Senior Structural Engineer Qiliang Lin, Ph.D., Columbia University Tejav DeGanyar, Ph.D., PE, Directior Huiming Yin, Ph.D., PE,, Professor of Columbia University

    <p>In order to reduce energy consumption throughout the whole life-cycle of buildings and increase the comfort performance of building sectors, an…

  • VR For Daylight

    • Paper by Kelly Burkhart · Caris Frazier-Baker · Sanjeev Tankha, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

    Daylighting is often an important component of architectural design and heavily influenced by a building’s facade and enclosure systems. Unlike many

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    Autonomous or Appropriate

    • Paper by Katrin Terstegen, Assistant Professor

    <p>This paper examines two profoundly different design approaches: one, herein called ‘autonomous’, where the building’s design is governed by…

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    Parametric Facade Design

    • Paper by Patricia E. Camporeale, María del Pilar Mercader Moyano,

    <p>Parametric Design has become an invaluable tool for complex tasks like designing energy efficient buildings when joined to performance-based…

  • The Glass Failure Prediction Model

    • Paper by James G. Soules, P.E., S.E., P.Eng., SECB, F. SEI, F. ASCE · Stephen M. Morse, P.E., Ph.D., A.M, ASTM · H. Scott Norville, P.E., Ph.D., F. FTI, F. ASCE, F. ASTM

    ASTM E 1300 Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance (LR) of Glass in Buildings defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being

  • Glazing Design By ASTM E 1300

    • Paper by H. Scott Norville, P.E., Ph.D., F. FTI, F. ASCE, F. ASTM · Stephen M. Morse, P.E., Ph.D., A.M, ASTM · James G. Soules, P.E., S.E., P.Eng., SECB, F. SEI, F. ASCE

    ASTM E 1300 “Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance of Glass in Buildings” defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being