Papers

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    Air Spaces Changed Everything

    • Paper by Gerry Lang, M.Arch., (Penn, 2008), B. Arch (hons., Toronto, 1978) OAA, AIA,TSA, Senior Associate, Leader of Facades Group

    <p>This abstract proposes that architectural facade design over the last 60 years has convulsed in light of two disruptions: air spaces which create…

  • Facade Design Beyond Buildings

    • Paper by Michele Andaloro · Enrica Oliva · Lucio Blandini

    At the core of facade design is the concept of interdisciplinarity, a bridge between concept and materialization apt to relay a built form

  • Facade Resilience Evaluation Framework

    • Paper by Fabio Favoino · Adèle Chalumeau · Audrey Aquaronne

    Resiliency is the capacity of a building (or building component in the case of the facade) to support building functionalities during extreme events

  • 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