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Corrugated-geometry Copper and Glass Facade
- Paper by Marko Tomsic, PE, Project Consultant John A. Jackson, AIA, Senior Project Manager
The subject of this case study is the design and construction of a custom corrugated-geometry facade featuring pre-patinated copper and glass for an…
March 20, 2020
Printed Facades?
- Paper by Philipp L. Rosendahl, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chris Borg Costanzi, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Philipp A. Chhadeh, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Robert Akerboom, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Benedikt Waldschmitt, Institute for Steel Construction and Materials Mechanics, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Alexander Wolf, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt Marvin Kehl, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Ulrich Knaack, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
While additive manufacturing (AM) offers unprecedented freedom of design and a remarkable potential for material efficiency and lightweight…
October 11, 2022
Adaptive Facades
- Paper by Walter Haase, Werner Sobek, Enrica Oliva, Michele Andaloro,
Facade engineering aims at appropriately balancing the demands imposed by the context and the capabilities inherent to the materials, the geometries…
March 12, 2018
Origami-Inspired Facade Design
- Paper by Joshua Schultz, Ph.D, P.E., LEED AP, ENV SP · Neil Katz, AIA
To paraphrase Robert le Ricolias, the art of the structure is where to put the folds. Using that inspiration, fundamental concepts from origami,

March 14, 2018
Efficiency-Driven Facade Optimization
- Paper by Earl Patrick, Director of Design Jeffrey Vaglio, Executive VP, Enclos Tensile Structures (ETS)
As overall project schedules continue to contract and rising costs impact our design decisions, the importance of the design-assist phase for facades…
October 9, 2024
Dynamic Shading Device
- Paper by Gabriel de Bem · Eduardo Krüger · Alexandre Augusto Alberto Moreira de Abreu
Responsive shading systems can dynamically improve indoor environmental conditions based on outdoor climate variations. Among the technologies,

September 02, 2024
City Development and Cladding Design
- Paper by Hadil Abdallah · Girma Bitsuamlak · Hamid Vossoughi, PE, P. ENG.
High-rise buildings in growing cities could become more vulnerable to variations in wind flow due to the continuous changes in urban topology. The

October 11, 2022
Invert Auto-Shading
- Paper by Jae Yong Suk, Assistant Professor Doris Sung, Associate Professor
Allowing sufficient amount of natural light while avoiding excessive sunlight penetration is often hard to achieve with static facade systems due to…
March 15, 2020
Structuring Skin
- Paper by John Neary,
Curtain wall is the prevailing type of enclosure on modern buildings because of its economy, its independence from structure that allows flexibility…
March 14, 2018
DC Water Headquarters Case Study
- Paper by Sven Shockey · Leland Curtis · David Fersh
Facades must be responsive to a myriad of qualities and influences ranging from urban impact and aesthetic character to numerous performance

March 14, 2018
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…
October 11, 2022
Kinetic Solar Envelope
- Paper by Christina Koukelli, Facade Engineer Alejandro Prieto, Researcher Serdar Asut, Academic, Architect
Kinetic responsive systems are gaining attention in architectural applications, to reduce the building’s energy consumption and environmental impact,…
October 11, 2022