14:00 Complex Geometries, Advanced Building Techniques and Materials
Chair: Matthew Fineout, Smart Architecture, Pittsburgh, USA
Creative envelopes - transparent and flexible
- Long-span structural glass
- Structural skins that integrate materials like cables, glass, and fabrics
- Retractable envelopes
Michael Stein, schlaich bergermann partner, Stuttgart, Germany
Envelope systems for complex geometries: a multi-layered approach
- Developing project geometry and constructive systems in concert
- Detailing is critical - performance of the system depends on the weakest link
- Success comes from full engagement, from conception through to installation
Matt King, T/E/S/S, Paris, France
Adventures in glass: The drivers behind the significant advances in glass technology
- Interplay between innovation, design approach, designers and makers
- Embracing glass in their design palette: Apple retail stores
- The next emerging innovations in glass technology
James O'Callaghan, Eckersley O'Callaghan, London, UK
Advanced climate engineering strategies for performing envelopes
- Optimizing the envelope performance for sustainable buildings
- Advanced building envelopes for natural ventilation and enhanced daylighting
- Innovative façade techniques, materials and operation
Wolfgang Kessling, Transsolar Energietechnik, Munich, Germany
An exploration of digital design/fabrication and assembly
- Connecting fabrication and construction cycles
- Dynamic façade system
- Double curved and connected multilayer skin
Nassim Saoud, Gehry Technologies, Paris, France
15:30 Coffee Break