Papers

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  • Active and Energy Autonomous Window

    • Paper by Annalisa Andaloro · Leire Minguez Hilera · Stefano Avesani

    Reducing GHG emissions related to energy use in buildings is a prominent obligation given their impact in terms of climate change. In this light,

  • Blurred Edges

    • Paper by Elizabeth L. McCormick AIA, WELL AP, LEED AP, CPHC, Assistant Professor
    Sealed indoor environments have created artificial, homogeneous ecosystems that sever ties between humans and the natural world. This paper…

  • Carbon-Neutral High-Rise Envelope Nexus

    • Paper by Thomas Spiegelhalter, Principal
    The pathway to carbon-neutrality, as urged during the COP 21 in Paris, and the repeated goal for resilient buildings and urban habitats, winds right…

  • 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

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    The Versatile Envelope Garden

    • Paper by Nathaniel Barlam, Architectural Design Lead Yunyao Lin, Assistant Designer Ben Silverman, CTO + Cofounder at Edenworks
    Facades play an integral role in defining the experience of modern life. As rising populations gravitate from rural to urban communities, they bring…
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    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…
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    Heat-actuated Auxetic Facades

    • Paper by Amira Abdel-Rahman, Elnaz Tafrihi,
    Highly transformable materials can be used as adaptive exterior shading systems by leveraging the relationship between external stimuli (heat) and…

  • Terra Cotta Skins

    • Paper by Laura B. Garofalo

    This paper will address the potential of ornamental architectural terracotta surfaces to mitigate the effects of climate fluctuations that will

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    Facade Resilience Evaluation Framework

    • Paper by Fabio Favoino, Department of energy Adèle Chalumeau, Facade engineer Audrey Aquaronne, Facade engineer
    Resiliency is the capacity of a building (or building component in the case of the facade) to support building functionalities during extreme events…

  • Saving Face

    • Paper by Xsusha CarlyAnn Flandro, FAIC, APT-RP

    In 1871, a fourth level Architecture course was offered in New York City that instructed on topics such as heating, ventilation and circulation of

  • Fit for the Future

    • Paper by Julia Koerner-Al-Rawi, Associate Adjunct Professor, Director of Summer Programs, Department of Architecture and Urban Design
    Wearables protect us from climatic conditions, they provide privacy, comfort and they also reflect our style and personality. Building facades in the…
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    HydroSKIN

    • Paper by Christina Eisenbarth, M.Sc., Research Associate Walter Haase, Dr.-Ing., Managing Director of CRC1244, Head of Working Groups Lucio Blandini, Prof. Dr.-Ing. M.Arch., Professor and Head of the Institute Werner Sobek, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dr. h.c., Senior Professor
    Building envelopes cover a considerable part of the urban exterior surfaces, and to therefore have a significant leverage effect on the climate…

  • Terracotta 1912 to 2018

    • Paper by Carol Loewenson, FAIA, LEED AP · Stephen Dietz, AIA, LEED AP

    Center Three is a 100-year-old, one million square-foot building in Long Island City, New York that was constructed over the course of one year. It

  • Form Follows Well-Being

    • Paper by David Bjelland M.Sc. · Prof. Dr. sc. hum. MArch Dipl.-Ing. Timo Schmidt

    Recent planning recognizes a growing demand for buildings that provide higher levels of occupant well-being. Often, well-being in buildings is

  • Adaptable Glazing Shields

    • Paper by Anas Al Kassas

    Today, about 40% of all buildings in the U.S. still have single-pane windows, and ~70% of the existing building stock is estimated to suffer from

  • Kinetic Solar Envelope

    • Paper by Christina Koukelli · Alejandro Prieto · Serdar Asut

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

  • Recent Adaptive Textile Façade Systems

    • Paper by Lucio Blandini, Director, Full Professor Moon-Young Jeong, Doctoral Researcher Michael Voigt, Doctoral Researcher, IKTD, University of Stuttgart Jonathan Lopez, Doctoral Researcher Hannah Schürmann, Doctoral Researcher Arina Cazan, Research Assistant Hannah Raisch, Student Daniel Roth, Head of Research Group Methodical Product Development, IKTD, University of Stuttgart Maria Matheou, Junior Professor
    Adaptive facade systems are a promising approach to achieve a dynamic response to varying weather conditions and user demands. The interdisciplinary…
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    Execution Ways

    • Paper by Viswanath Urala, P.E., Senior Engineer Prakash R. Desai, P.E., S.E., Senior Structural Engineer
    Business Insider has described San Francisco’s Chase Arena as setting “a new standard for a sports arena in the US”, and “the state-of-the-art arena…