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  • Two Sides to Sustainability & High-performance

    High performance can be defined as “a building that integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building attributes, including energy

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    Execution Ways

    <p>Business Insider has described San Francisco’s Chase Arena as setting “<em>a new standard for a sports arena in the US</em>”, and “<em>the…

  • Influence of Facade Materials on the Acoustic Environment

    Urban noise pollution is a major environmental health problem. International organizations are making efforts to prevent health damage due to high

  • United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum

    Advanced fabrication processes combined with parametric 3D modeling give designers and architects the freedom and versatility to push the boundaries

  • Optimized Adaptive Re-Use

    Contemporary building practice represents a disconnect between traditional manufacturing techniques, that favor straight runs and orthogonal

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    Managing Constraints

    <p>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…

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    Building by Numbers

    <p>This paper outlines the successful implementation of digital workflows between the design team composed of Architect, Structural Engineer and…

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    Developments in Gridshell Design

    <p>In 1959 Heinz Isler challenged the world of concrete shell design by proposing a series of shapes for shells that were very different from what…

  • Architectural Shape Optimization

    This paper explores the architectural shape optimization of typical housing typologies: slab and high-rise residential buildings to reduce primary

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    Transfer Topologies

    <p>This research looks at the relationship of material and geometric distribution to set a methodology for integrating structural and thermal design.…

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    Data-Driven Shading Systems

    <p>Analyzing the energy performance of complex building envelopes, determining the need for sun protection, and assessing the effectiveness of…