Separating Direct From Diffuse
<p>An Enclosure-Integrated, Daylighting, Tracking Solar Collector (EIDTSC) has been developed for market which integrates into a building’s…
<p>An Enclosure-Integrated, Daylighting, Tracking Solar Collector (EIDTSC) has been developed for market which integrates into a building’s…
A common building upgrade to add value to existing commercial real estate is the renewal of the entrance lobby. The lobby facade is replaced to give
<p>Building design criteria requires that government buildings be designed for a variety of extreme loads including blast, hurricane, and impact…
Kresge Auditorium and the MIT Chapel, designed by Eero Saarinen and built in 1955, are both world renowned works of architecture and powerful symbols
<p>This paper develops a framework of considerations for the development of project specific performance criteria for the design of art museums and…
Over the last two decades, in what has been coined “The Digital Turn”, the introduction of parametric design software has afforded increased
St. Patrick’s Cathedral’s Lady Chapel glass wall and the Trinity Church glazed canopy demonstrate that structural glass can be a great solution to improve the functionality of a historic building without competing with its original fabric.
Here’s the thing about the building SKIN: It is utterly unique in the built environment in separating the interior and exterior environments, balancing attributes of both appearance and performance in the process. It’s the gateway to resilience and sustainability goals in urban habitats.
<p>This paper presents new historical research on the concrete facade of an important but relatively unknown and now demolished building by the…
It may be difficult for modern man to believe that what is known as handicraft was once the advanced manufacturing of the day. These techniques were
Parametric Design has become an invaluable tool for complex tasks like designing energy efficient buildings when joined to performance-based
To paraphrase Robert le Ricolias, the art of the structure is where to put the folds. Using that inspiration, fundamental concepts from origami,
While most of high-rise buildings feature a core surrounded by a spatial frame defining the volume, one could envision a column-free plan where the
A Catmull-Clark algorithm (used in 3D computer graphics for smoothing polygon surfaces) was used to create a unique design for an over 208ft by 30ft
<p>Complex freeform architectural enclosures are becoming increasingly popular and easy to model and design with the help of modern computational…
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