Facade and electric lighting integration Paper Facades and electric lighting systems are, for the most part, still considered as separate systems throughout the design, installation,… September 11, 2024
Separating Direct From Diffuse Paper by Nick Novelli, PhD, Robert Gordon, Igor Varfolomeev, An Enclosure-Integrated, Daylighting, Tracking Solar Collector (EIDTSC) has been developed for market which integrates into a building’s fenestration… March 14, 2018
Orbit Tower Paper by Enrica Oliva, Michele Andaloro, Werner Sobek, While most of high-rise buildings feature a core surrounded by a spatial frame defining the volume, one could envision a column-free plan where the… March 14, 2018
Kinetics in Building Facades Paper by Sean Cullen, Professor Greg Keeffe, The prominence of climatically responsive building facades through the use of kinetics has proliferated in recent years due to a concern for the… March 14, 2018
Exo-Skins Paper by Nick Braaksma, Malini Srivastava, AIA, Chad Ulven, Cost-effective, sustainable, self-actuating, thermally-responsive, bio-composite exo-skins that act like shields or cloaks for existing buildings… March 14, 2018
Collaborative Methodology for Fastracking Challenging Facade Concepts Paper by Stuart Berriman, Peter Simmonds, Ph.D., FASHRAE, FIBPSA, FFTI, The goal is to explore the role and methodology employed between the architect and engineer as they look to resolve the opposing demands of design… March 14, 2018
Translation from Concept to Construction Paper by Ryan Donaghy, AIA, Senior Associate, Enclosure Design Matthew Spahr, PE, Associate / Facade Engineer Fidelity between the built enclosure and early visualizations is rarely, if ever, an accident. When achieved, it comes as the result of persistent… March 15, 2020
Integrating Soft Robotics into Architectural Assemblies Paper by Vera Parlac, Associate Professor The project described in this paper explores the integration of custom-made soft robotic muscles into a component-based surface. This project is part… March 19, 2020
Predictive Modeling in an Automated Building Facade Paper by Troy Nolan Peters PhD, Associate Professor Computer simulations of an automated dynamic facade in a passively heated and cooled building by using predictive modeling of short-term future… March 15, 2020
Shaping Skin Paper by John Neary AIA LEED AP NCARB, Sr. Associate The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on… March 21, 2020
Thermal Performance of Closed Cavity Facades Paper by Andrea Zani, Project Engineer Carmelo Guido Galante, Senior Project Engineer Lisa Rammig, Senior Associate Closed cavity facades (CCF), a configuration of Double Skin Facade (DSF), consists of a double-glazed unit on the inner layer and single glazing on… January 22, 2020
Multi-domain Assessment of a Kinetic Facade Paper by Kunyo Luo · Karen Kensek, LEED AP BD+C, DPACSA · Marc Schiler, FASES An assessment workflow was created to simulate and evaluate the performance of a kinetic facade in an interior space. It includes parameters of June 10, 2020
Invert Auto-Shading Paper by Jae Yong Suk, Assistant Professor Doris Sung, Associate Professor Allowing sufficient amount of natural light while avoiding excessive sunlight penetration is often hard to achieve with static facade systems due to… March 15, 2020
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… March 14, 2018