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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Façade design"”.
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Material efficiency in architectural glass and façade design: Steps toward reuse
… user comfort, has stimulated the evolution of façade systems that serve numerous functions. Increased functionality has been achieved through the use of a broader range of material resources, advanced processing methods, and more complex construction techniques which paradoxically may reduce …
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Studying Movement
Studying movement, through the design and development of a narrow residential site with access from water and land at opposing ends. Utilizing parallel planes, connect three zones of the site and maximizing directional views along its length, while formulating an architectural language of path and …
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Exploring Biotic Approaches in Performance Based Design
For any building, its façade provides the first layer of interaction with its environment, an optimum design can harness significant synergies while a linear design could considerably increase the energy consumption. As designers, we are required to make informed decisions and educate stakeholders …
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A contemporary teashop design based on Chinese traditions
… for teashops. The purpose of this study was to design a contemporary teashop deriving design inspiration from traditional Chinese culture and teahouse design. An existing site in a university town was selected for the study. Historical factors were identified through review literature and visual …
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Digitised engineering knowledge for prefabricated façades
Façade design is a multidisciplinary activity requiring the balancing of many conflicting design requirements. Very often, however, the designed façade does not respond to these requirement, as relevant design and manufacturing knowledge, normally originating downstream in the design process, is …
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A Policy-Based Resource Brokering Environment for Computational Grids
… that can be utilized by various grid systems. In designing PROBE, we follow a policy-based approach that provides PROBE with the intelligence to not only match the user's request with the right set of resources, but also to assure the guaranteed level of the allocation. PROBE looks at the task …
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Wind-Borne Debris Resistance of Façades: Identification of Alternative Impact Test Requirements
… one section of the building was not affected by façade breakage: the Behavioral Health Unit, a result that was ensured by breakage-resistant windows. To avoid façade breakage, in areas hit almost every year by tropical cyclones and hurricanes, code and standard requirements have been developed in …
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Optimisation of Closed Cavity Façade to Enhance Energy Performance and Indoor Environmental Quality in Office Buildings
… since the rise of modernism. Traditional glass façades, however, have many implicit disadvantages. The most relevant in this context include poor thermal insulation properties for winter conditions and high overheating risks, even in extremely cold climates in sunny conditions. In noisy …
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Decision-making in the selection of retrofit facades for non-domestic buildings
… aspects as thermal performance and aesthetics, façade retrofit is seen as a key solution to the problem of today’s ageing office building stock. Unfortunately, façade retrofit comes with a complex decision-making process. The cost and long-term nature of the investment means that façade …