, Session Block A3
8:30 Next Generation Skyscraper Design - Performance Strategies of Burj Azizi
Chair: Matthew Fineout, AE7, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The architecture behind the skin of the world's 2nd tallest tower
- Defining attributes of the Burj Azizi skin
- Design aspirations and performance criteria
- Design vision, performance and sustainability
Façade performative optimization of the Burj Azizi
- Unitized panel series to adapt to varying & diverse criteria
- Coatings to unite an aggregated series of glazing types
- Shaped glass panels to facilitate air movement
Azizi tower special facades - Synergy between engineering and architecture
- Maximizing transparency and detailing
- Glass treatments to achieve aesthetics and thermal performance
- Structural behaviour and movement accommodation
Mapping the solar impact on high-rise design of the Burj Azizi
- Solar radiation mapping on the building envelope
- Mitigating solar impact through building envelope studies
- CFD analysis of double-skin building envelope design
Impact of wind on mega-tall high-rise design - The Burj Azizi
- Shaping the tower for wind
- Measuring building movement and acceleration
- Successive stages of wind studies: HFFB, HFPI and aeroelastic studies
10:00 Coffee Break