, Session Block B3
16:30 Pushing the Boundaries of Metal Skins
Chair: Matthew Fineout, Director AE7, Dubai, UAE
Stainless steel façade panels in Silicon Valley
- Life-cycle assessment of stainless steel façade panels
- Façade detailing opportunities and challenges
- Advanced methods of solar heat gain control
- Parametric façade design modelling
Executive design methodologies for envelope systems
- Topology optimization and environmentally conscious design
- Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA)
- Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)
Life-cycle assessment of raw aluminum reduction in façade components
- Raw aluminum properties for the façade industry
- Pursuing material weight optimization
- Introducing new design techniques
The façade as a form of cultural filtration
- Pattern optimization for perforated metal façades
- Calibrating daylight refraction versus infiltration
- Integrating artificial light as part of façade
Skin technology for the Giant Magellan Telescope movable enclosure
- The challenge of designing a movable mega-enclosure
- Cladding special design considerations
- Enhancing modularity to build efficiently in remote sites
Brief Presentation
Architectural metal claddings
19:00 – 22:00 Evening Reception 