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Rethinking Building Skins Eugenia Gasparri (Lecturer in Architectural Technologies, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia)

Rethinking Building Skins By Eugenia Gasparri (Lecturer in Architectural Technologies, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia)

Rethinking Building Skins by Eugenia Gasparri (Lecturer in Architectural Technologies, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia)

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Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative Technologies and Research Trajectories by Eugenia Gasparri (Lecturer in Architectural Technologies, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia)

Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative Technologies and Research Trajectories provides a comprehensive collection of the most relevant and forward-looking research in the field of facade design and construction today, with a focus on both product and process innovation. The book brings together the expertise, creativity, and critical thinking of more than fifty global innovators from both academia and industry, to guide the reader in translating research into practice. It identifies new opportunities for the construction sector to respond to present challenges, towards a more sustainable, efficient, connected, and safe future.

About Eugenia Gasparri (Lecturer in Architectural Technologies, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia)

Eugenia Gasparri is a Lecturer in Architectural Technologies at the University of Sydney. Her research experience is in the field of sustainable construction with a focus on envelope design, building prefabrication, and mass-timber technologies. Arianna Brambilla is a Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Sydney. Her research draws upon architecture, building physics, and engineering to assess and interpret construction as a holistic concept, with a strong focus on sustainability. Gabriele Lobaccaro is an Associate Professor in Solar Design and Building Performance Simulation at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on solar design and environmental analysis, energy and building technology, and sustainable and resilient built environments. Francesco Goia is a Professor of Building Physics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on advanced building envelopes and services providing high energy efficiency and indoor climate performance. Annalisa Andaloro is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Renewable Energy in EURAC, focusing on system integration and project economics. She coordinates an executive international training course on facade architecture, construction, and engineering (FACE). Alberto Sangiorgio is an Associate at Grimshaw Architects (Sydney) where he operates as facade engineer and sustainability manager. He has extensive international experience in the design, optimization, and construction of high-performing building envelopes.

Table of Contents

1. Facade Innovation: Past, Present, Future 2. Facade Innovation: An Industry Perspective Part A: Product Innovation 3. New and Innovative Cool Coatings for Urban Overheating Mitigation through Facades 4. The Pursuit of Transparency 5. Advanced Fenestration: Technologies, Performance, and Building Integration 6. Embedding Intelligence to Control Adaptive Building Envelope 7. Biomimetic Adaptive Building Skins: Design and Performance 8. Building Integrated Photovoltaic Facades: Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovations 9. Unitised Timber Envelopes: The Future Generation of Industrialised, High-Performance, Sustainable Facades for Construction Decarbonisation 10. Industrialised Building Envelopes for Renovation: Realizing the Potential to Decarbonise the European Building Stock 11. Vertical Farming on Facades: Transforming Building Skins for Urban Food Security 12. Interactive Media Facades: Research Prototypes, Application Areas, and Future Directions Part B: Process Innovation 13. The Building Envelope: Failing to Understand Complexity in Tall Building Design 14. Resilience by Design: Building Facades for Tomorrow 15. Inverse Design for Advanced Building Envelope Materials, Systems, and Operation 16. Towards Automated Design: Knowledge Based Engineering in Facades 17. Additive Manufacturing in Skin Systems: Trends and Future Perspectives 18. Mass-Customization as the Convergent Vision for the Digital Transformation of the Manufacturing and the Building Industry 19. Automation and Robotic Technologies in the Construction Context: Research Experience in Prefabricated Facade Modules 20. Life Cycle Assessment in Facade Design 21. Circular Economy in Facades 22. Facades-as-a-Service: A Business and Supply-Chain Model for the Implementation of a Circular Facade Economy

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NLS9780128224779
9780128224779
0128224770
Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative Technologies and Research Trajectories by Eugenia Gasparri (Lecturer in Architectural Technologies, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Eugenia Gasparri (Lecturer in Architectural Technologies, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
New
Paperback
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
2021-12-08
594
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