, Session Block A2
15:45 Parametric Design and Digital Fabrication
Chair: Stephen Teeple, Teeple Architects, Toronto, Canada
Tomer Diamant, Teeple Architects, Toronto, Canada
Lessons from the Langara Science Building
- High-performance envelopes in a cost-constrained environment
- Innovative detailing through industry collaboration
- A pragmatic, parametric process for louver façade deployment
- Simple strategies for complex structural glazing
Lightweight roofs on alp peaks
- Complex form and parametric design
- Design-engineering ETFE foil and steel structure
- Digital fabrication and accelerated building process
Shaping healthcare buildings using parametric simulations
- Computational building form generation and parametric simulations
- Impact of the building form on building performance
- Integration of building skin with building systems
Holistic façade design: Integrating architectural, structural and environmental demands
- Integrating architecture, structure and energy demands
- Computational parametric façade design
- Multidisciplinary design method for façade retrofitting
17:30 End of Conference Day 1
19:30 Conference Dinner 
Day 2, Session Block A3
08:45 Advanced Building Skin Design
Chair: Ben Abel, Hilson Moran, London, United Kingdom
Benchmarking and reporting the embodied carbon content of façades in an effort to promote low-carbon design
- Quantifying embodied carbon content in diverse façades
- Embodied carbon assessment tool for façade design
- Investigating key contributors to embodied carbon content
Sustainability of the building envelope in a climatic context
- Urban planning and the building envelope
- From 3D façade nodes to double-skin façade concepts
- From greenery to actuator-active façade design
Adapting circular design qualities to façade design
- Design qualities for a circular economy
- Adapting design qualities to façade design
- Evaluation of circular façade design qualities
Managing client and contractor risk in the delivery of modern building envelopes
- Planning and programme management of building envelopes
- Managing client and contractor risk in building façades
- Programming envelope design, procurement and installation
Improving indoor air quality in classrooms via wind-induced natural ventilation
- Enhancing pressure differentials to maximize air flow
- Lowering the internal age of air in the classroom
- Increasing thermal comfort via elevated air velocity
Comparison of summer temperatures in a domestic building between measured and modeled results
- Domestic overheating
- Model validation against measurement
- Dynamic thermal simulation
Brief Presentations
Windborne debris resilient façades
Double-skin façade: semi-unitized system for improving architectural flexibility
10:15 Coffee Break