Behind the Surface
<p>The architectural facade, like clothing for a building's form, serves as both an aesthetic expression and a protective veil, concealing the inner…
<p>The architectural facade, like clothing for a building's form, serves as both an aesthetic expression and a protective veil, concealing the inner…
Responsive shading systems can dynamically improve indoor environmental conditions based on outdoor climate variations. Among the technologies,
<p>This paper tells the story of a Double Skin Facade (DSF), where high performance and multi-disciplinary collaboration saves a library concept of…
There is no doubting the longevity of stainless steel building facades. The Chrysler Building and numerous buildings that followed have stood the
Facades are increasingly being recognized as a major contributor to whole-building embodied carbon. While designers know how to reduce the embodied
The performative and visual aspects of curved forming/bending thin “formable” planar materials is explored. Early tests for deflection indicate that
<p>This abstract proposes that architectural facade design over the last 60 years has convulsed in light of two disruptions: air spaces which create…
At the core of facade design is the concept of interdisciplinarity, a bridge between concept and materialization apt to relay a built form
Resiliency is the capacity of a building (or building component in the case of the facade) to support building functionalities during extreme events
Facade engineering aims at appropriately balancing the demands imposed by the context and the capabilities inherent to the materials, the geometries