Being part of the European Façade Network efn, an association of ten research and education entities throughout Europe, I would like to share my experiences of last year’s conferences and research activities with this brief contribution.
The SCALP device is designed to measure the residual compressive surface stress of glass. As the SCALP does not rely on the birefringence properties
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
Historical published weathered annealed failure data consisting of 13 samples were collected and glass failure prediction model surface flaw
Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With
Architecture has traditionally celebrated the joining of two building components or materials. Joinery serves as a key site for architectural
We have seen rapid expansion in the last decade of laminated glass design using modern analytical and computational methods. Essential to the proper
With the developments in production, industrial facilities lost their function and were abandoned over time. The most frequent and often the most
Globalization in the construction industry has brought about new demands for buildings and construction projects, new demands that still need to take
ASTM E 1300 Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance (LR) of Glass in Buildings defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being
Facades play a relevant role in the search for a more sustainable approach to modern architecture. The amount of embodied and operational energy can
Recently, building envelopes have been exhibiting complex shapes and patterns, a trend supported by current digital technologies. Likewise, the
While additive manufacturing (AM) offers unprecedented freedom of design and a remarkable potential for material efficiency and lightweight
In 1888 the art historian Heinrich Wölfflin proposed the notion that the primary characteristic of baroque architecture is the illusion of movement.
This article discusses design, prototype development and a simulation study of novel types of facade systems, which integrate thermoelectric (TE)
An assessment workflow was created to simulate and evaluate the performance of a kinetic facade in an interior space. It includes parameters of