Papers

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    Detailing For Distance

    • Paper by Daniel Kelso,

    <p>Quickly exceeding new facade service life expectations for tall buildings imposed by increasing environmental, economic, and social pressures have…

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    Architectural Ceramic Assemblies

    • Paper by Omar Khan, Bill Pottle, Mitchell Bring,

    <p>This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo…

  • Facade Design Beyond Buildings

    • Paper by Michele Andaloro, Associate Enrica Oliva, Partner and COO Lucio Blandini, Managing Director

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

  • 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

  • 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,

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    Mixed Reality in Facade Education

    • Paper by Phillip Anzalone AIA, Professor Amber Bartosh, RA LEED AP BD+C, Professor

    <p>Developments in performative computational analysis, mass customization, and complex form manipulation revolutionized building envelope design…

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    Lithic Revival

    • Paper by Alex Terzich,

    <p>The recently completed Capital One Hall performing arts center located in the Washington DC metro area is defined by a pleated exterior of glass…

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    European Facade Networks

    • Paper by Ulrich Knaack, Uta Pottgiesser, Tillmann Klein, Andreas Luible, Siebe Bakker,

    <p>The European climate and energy targets for 2020 demand significant improvement of the energy performance of buildings since one third of the…

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    Historical Evolution of Responsive Facades

    • Paper by Negar Heidari Matin, Ph.D. Candidate, LEED GA, Ali Eydgahi, Ph.D., Shimming Shyu, Ph.D., RA, LEED AP BD+C, Payam H. Matin, Ph.D.,

    <p>Responsive facade system is considered a major component of high-performance building envelope that is capable of responding to environmental…

  • Envelope For Service

    • Paper by Annalisa Andaloro · Miren Juaristi · Stefano Avesani · Giulia Santoro · Matteo Orlandi

    Envelope-for-Service (E4S) is a novel business model developed with the aim of converting the building façade from a traditionally traded good to a

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    Design Considerations and the Complex Facade

    • Paper by Stan Su,

    <p>The design of complex, high-performance facades involves balancing attention towards principles of material selection, thermal and moisture…

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    City Development and Cladding Design

    • Paper by Hadil Abdallah, Building Sciences Consultant Girma Bitsuamlak, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Wind Engineering at the University of Western Ontario Hamid Vossoughi, PE, P. ENG., Senior Principal

    <p>High-rise buildings in growing cities could become more vulnerable to variations in wind flow due to the continuous changes in urban topology. The…

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    Thermoelectric Facades

    • Paper by Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT, Associate Professor Zlatan Aksamija, PhD, Associate Professor Mahsa Farid Mohajer, Ph.D. Candidate & Teaching Assistant Meenakshi Upadhyaya, PhD Student Guy Vigneau,

    <p>This article discusses design, prototype development and a simulation study of novel types of facade systems, which integrate thermoelectric (TE)…

  • Retroreflective Coating for Window Blinds

    • Paper by Luca Papaiz · Lars Oliver Grobe · Giuseppe De Michele

    Solar shading devices are required to find a trade-off between conflicting requirements: Protection from excessive solar gains and glare, daylight

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    Digital Lifecycle of Building Envelopes

    • Paper

    <p>“The digital transformation will change everything” – with this quote in mind a deep look into the current facade business will be given with a…

  • Prototyping with Ultra-Thin Glass

    • Paper by Sophie Pennetier · Josephine Stoddard · Karen Kensek

    This paper proposes system concepts and fabrication methods for the use of ultra-thin glass in facades. It documents the team's research on

  • Design and Energy Analysis

    • Paper by Mahsa Farid Mohajer, Ajla Aksamija, Professor

    <p>Integration and interoperability between Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Building Energy Modeling (BEM) tools pose major challenges for…

  • Design Principles For Museum Daylight Systems

    • Paper by Edgar Stach, PhD · Michael Esposito

    This research unlocks the relationship between space, structure and light in nine unique museums developed by architect Renzo Piano. Renzo Piano uses

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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

    <p>Building envelopes cover a considerable part of the urban exterior surfaces, and to therefore have a significant leverage effect on the climate…