Papers

12 results

  • Towards A Data Driven Fabrication Process

    • Paper by Becher Neme · Michael Kilkelly

    Today's evolving digital tools allow designers to be more creative in designing new forms and geometries. Adapting similar tools to the fabrication

  • Thinking About Facades

    • Paper by Marc Schiler, FASES, LC

    There have been three decades of liberating developments in the application of descriptive geometry and freeform design methods, as well as the

  • Teaching Facades featured image

    Teaching Facades

    • Paper by Alex Terzich,
    As facades become more sophisticated and complex, more detail-intensive and performance-critical, it's vital that architecture students develop a…

  • Integrated Energy Analysis

    • Paper by Greg Verabian · Saurabh Shrestha · Laure Michelon

    Energy codes across the country are progressively getting stricter and increasing the threshold for a baseline building’s energy performance.

  • 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…
  • Execution Ways featured image

    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…
  • United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum featured image

    United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum

    • Paper by Ilja Aljoskin PMP, Project Manager Lee Pepin, Director of Virtual Design & Construction Neil Meredith RA, Modeler
    Advanced fabrication processes combined with parametric 3D modeling give designers and architects the freedom and versatility to push the boundaries…

  • The Evolution of AEC Professional Silos

    • Paper by David Olsen, AIA · Megan Leon, P.E. · Christopher Chiuchiolo, LEED AP · Andrea Bono, P.E., LEED AP BD+C · Nick Rustia, P.E. · Diane T Sands, MLIS, MFA, MS-GIST

    Healthcare projects in northern California require specialized knowledge to navigate regulation, technological advancements, and project execution

  • Managing Constraints featured image

    Managing Constraints

    • Paper by Vincent IP, LEED AP BD+C, vip@nbbj.com
    On a commercial high-rise tower project located in Hong Kong, the design team was challenged to make a facade that would beneficial to tenants with a…
  • Building by Numbers featured image

    Building by Numbers

    • Paper by Trevor Stephen Lewis PhD | PE | FRSA, Principal
    This paper outlines the successful implementation of digital workflows between the design team composed of Architect, Structural Engineer and Project…
  • Multi-domain Assessment of a Kinetic Facade featured image

    Multi-domain Assessment of a Kinetic Facade

    • Paper by Kunyo Luo, Master of Building Science Karen Kensek, LEED AP BD+C, DPACSA, Professor of Practice Marc Schiler, FASES, Professor
    An assessment workflow was created to simulate and evaluate the performance of a kinetic facade in an interior space. It includes parameters of…