Day 1, Session Block D
8:30 Opening + Keynote
10:00 Coffee Break
Advanced Building Skin Design
Chair: Andreas Hempel, International Academy of Architects; former President Association of German Architects BDA
- System design and geometrical challenges of the skylight
- Structural system and design: How the structure was designed, calculated in detail and actually built
- Installation process: Meeting the challenges of the location
Bernhard Rudolf, Head of Engineering, Josef Gartner GmbH, Germany
- Cladding systems for high-rise residential buildings
- Review of performance and efficiency in current practice
- Development and application of a novel solution
Ron Fitch, Trimo UK Ltd.
- Behavior of semi closed cavity to change thermal condition
- Responsibility of semi-closed cavity to dynamic wind load
- Constitution of the effective closed cavity facade in consideration product and building construction condition
Fumihiko Chiba, Dep. of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan
Brief presentations: Advanced Building Skin Design
Calogero Montalbano, Dep. of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Iris M. Reuther, Institute of Architectural Technology, Technische Universität Graz, Austria
Joan Ramon Dacosta Díaz, Dep. d’Ensenyament, Direcció General de Centres Públics, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Ali Alajmi, Dep. of Power and Refrigeration Technology, College of Technological Studies, Mishref, Kuwait
Elaheh Najafi, Dep. of Architecture and Urbanism, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
12:30 Lunch