Papers

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  • Form Follows Well-Being featured image

    Form Follows Well-Being

    • Paper by David Bjelland M.Sc., Research Assistant Prof. Dr. sc. hum. MArch Dipl.-Ing. Timo Schmidt, Professor

    <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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    Kinetic Solar Envelope

    • Paper by Christina Koukelli, Facade Engineer Alejandro Prieto, Researcher Serdar Asut, Academic, Architect

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

  • More Than a Facade featured image

    More Than a Facade

    • Paper by Edward Losch, PhD, PE, SE, RA Marc Maguire, PhD, Assistant Professor

    <p>In 2014, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) as an accredited ANSI…

  • Inside the Box featured image

    Inside the Box

    • Paper by Michael Plewacki,

    <p>The trend towards modular and unitized facades continues to grow in popularity due largely in part to the efficiencies gained in terms of cost and…

  • Novel Thermal Break Solution featured image

    Novel Thermal Break Solution

    • Paper by Yuzhen Steve Zhou, Technical Director - Warmframe Technology Corporation

    <p>Thermal-break-blanket technology is a novel and high-performance thermal break solution for aluminum curtain walls. The thermal-break-blanket is…

  • Parametric Louver System featured image

    Parametric Louver System

    • Paper by Noah Kelly, AIA, NCARB, Project Architect Brittney Holmes, AIA Associate, Designer

    <p>The Parametric Louver System is a customized tool that expedites several design iterations while embedding multiple design parameters. The…

  • The Carapace Pavilion featured image

    The Carapace Pavilion

    • Paper by Douglas Noble, PhD, FAIA, Associate Dean Karen M. Kensek, DPACSA, Professor of Practice in Architecture

    <p>The Carapace Pavilion is a university-based, design-build, full-scale custom prototype for a possible replacement of the standard precast concrete…

  • Stainless Steel 101 featured image

    Stainless Steel 101

    • Paper by Michael Mulhern,

    <p>This paper presents a summary of the industry advances beyond T304 and T316 austenitic stainless steels. The greater availability of precipitation…

  • When Facades Kill featured image

    When Facades Kill

    • Paper by Terri Meyer Boake,

    <p>The tragic fire of June 14, 2017 at the Grenfell Tower in London, England has brought to a very public global forum issues related to the impact…

  • Unitized Curtain Wall featured image

    Unitized Curtain Wall

    • Paper by Brian Masuda, Kathleen Kulpa, Margaret Tyrpa,

    <p>Unitized curtain wall has become ubiquitous in contemporary facade design and construction due to advantages associated with speed of erection,…

  • International Facade Education featured image

    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…

  • Elliptical Ways featured image

    Elliptical Ways

    • Paper by Gustav Fagerström, Lia Tramontini, Kelly Burkhart, Jianing Song, Sanjeev Tankha,

    <p>Construction projects almost invariably encounter a critical stage at the moment of handover between the designing and the executing party. At…

  • Climate-Oriented Prefabricated Building Envelopes featured image

    Climate-Oriented Prefabricated Building Envelopes

    • Paper by Sridharan Gandhi, Andrew Tsay Jacobs, AIA, EIT, LEED AP BD+C, Karen Kensek, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C,

    <p>Facades developed in response to climactic factors increase performance and human comfort while reducing energy loads. A single building envelope…

  • Verifying Thermal Performance featured image

    Verifying Thermal Performance

    • Paper by Matthew Herman, Mark Walsh,

    <p>Architects specify curtain wall thermal performance criteria and usually identify simple modeling software, like THERM, to perform thermal…

  • Vertical Louvered Solar Control featured image

    Vertical Louvered Solar Control

    • Paper by Clifton Fordham, RA, LEED AP,

    <p>Exterior shading devices, when typically used, are horizontal planes that are most effective at the south face of buildings in the northern…

  • Vintage Vinyl featured image

    Vintage Vinyl

    • Paper by Michael S. Plewacki,

    <p>Mid-century through 1980’s buildings with lock-strip or “zipper-gasket” glazing systems are an ever present part of the urban landscape in many…

  • Working With Big Data featured image

    Working With Big Data

    • Paper by Cristobal Correa,

    <p>Big data is having a noticeable impact on enclosure engineering design. With continuing advancements that liberate the geometrical form and the…

  • Xilinx Case Study featured image

    Xilinx Case Study

    • Paper by Michael Martinez, LEED AP, Stet Sanborn, AIA, LEED AP, CPHC,

    <p>The transformation of a dark and inhumane 1970s tilt-up concrete office building into a high performance, light-filled modern workplace was…

  • Transitions Between Diverse Envelope Systems featured image

    Transitions Between Diverse Envelope Systems

    • Paper by Kristian Fosholt, LEED AP BD+C, Megan Koehler, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Andrew Tsay Jacobs, AIA, EIT, LEED AP BD+C,

    <p>The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California features an extremely diverse set of facade systems within…