, Session Block C5
14:00 Retrofitting the Building Envelope
Chair: Fabian Ochs, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Bringing an icon into the future: The Willis Tower, Chicago
- Major revitalization of an iconic supertall building
- Façade strategies to increase energy efficiency
- Enclosure strategies as pandemic response
Textile envelopes – A light and functional element with versatile applications
- Protective function as a temporary structure
- Architectural retrofit of existing buildings
- Multifunctional and convertible envelope
Parametric modelling for automation in the energy analysis of existing buildings
- Parametric modelling based on survey data
- Automatic point cloud analysis
- Energy certification
Past is prologue: A sustainable story of façade retrofit and transformation
- A risk-cost-benefit analysis to salvage existing façades
- Maintain embodied memory/energy of functional buildings
- Older buildings have value: Retrofit as sustainable option
15:30 Coffee Break