14:00 Design Methods for Sustainable, High-Performance Building Façades
Chair: Larry Bellamy, University of Canterbury, United Kingdom
Innovative tilted-glass building skins for improving environmental performance
- Context-responsive façade design: One Museum Place, Shanghai
- Reducing heat gain through tilted glass: Southernwood Tower, Singapore
- Pros and cons of tilted glass
Brad Wilkins, Gensler, Singapore
Developing innovative façades with improved seismic and sustainability performance
- Frameworks for evaluating façade designs and construction systems
- Integrated design solutions for resilient and sustainable façades
- Evaluation of novel vs. conventional façades
Larry Bellamy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Performative aspects of geometrically complex building enclosures
- Prescriptive remediation of conventional building envelopes vs. geometric driven design
- Beneficial aspects of geometric driven envelope enclosures
- Case studies of geometrically complex building envelopes and resulting performance benefits
Matthew Fineout, Smart Architecture, Pittsburgh, USA
Affordable and cost-effective high-performance housing - the Field of Dreams Eco-Community
- Strategic approach to high-performance, cost-efficient housing
- Structural Insulated Panels as a cost-effective modular building material
- Challenges and lessons learned
Jörg Rügemer, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
Computer programming for performative and comfortable spaces
- Internet of Things and architectural design
- Data analysis and visualization
Rania Labib, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
Lessons learned from forensic investigation of skin failures
- How to better integrate different types of skin assemblies
- Materials, methods, and design details to avoid
- Maintenance impacts on building skins and how to minimize frequent required maintenance
Karim Allana, Allana Buick & Bers, Inc., Palo Alto, USA
Brief Presentations
Sustainable building skins for coastal environments
Robert Holton, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Vertical distribution of reflected solar radiation and re-radiation on buildings
Kengo Kawasaki, National Institute of Technology, Gifu College, Japan
Advanced building envelopes: design and construction methods
Massimiliano Nastri, Politechnic of Milan, Italy
World expositions and building skins: Energy-efficiency concepts and aesthetics
Tomasz Krotowski, Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning, Lodz, Poland
15:30 Coffee Break