134th Edition – Zak World of Façades USA

• Contractual alignment: Bridging the gap between suppliers, contractors, and developers
• Operational alignment: Finding the right balance between offshore and onshore procurement
• Financial alignment: Exploring synergies for long term strategic partnerships

• The role of façade design in addressing the complexity of designing buildings and spaces
• Façade design that responds to the needs of the urban context
• Examples: projects in Rome, Italy: Enel HQ, Bulgari Hotel Roma, ex Poligrafico dello Stato in piazza Verdi

• Retrofitting historic/adaptive re-use façades with an uninsulated envelope that must be modernized
• Upgrading façades, rather than relying solely on MEP systems, to create sustainable buildings
• Developers who invest in the façade will create more ROI while enhancing their ESG status

Julie Nelson

• Updating an outmoded structure with discreet modern façade insertions
• Approaching the design of a new tower ‘Overbuild’ adjacent to an iconic New York city landmark
• Adaptive reuse as a catalyst for sustainability and architectural character

• Designing within the historic context of a landmarked building
• Balancing conservation and curatorial constraints for daylighting of museums
• Utilizing contemporary glazing technology for museum quality daylighting and thermal performance
• Prioritizing maintenance and longevity considerations for extended service life of façade systems

• Production and product documentation related to material content and processes
• Advancing product portfolio for enhanced performance: Bird friendly & updated coating offerings
• Consultancy and benefits of collaboration in design phase

• Performance properties of PVB interlayers
• How PVB interlayers can act as a critical line of defense
• Protecting biodiversity with PVB interlayers

• Why we need DfMA for architectural innovation?
• What we need to prepare for DfMA?
• CNC T-BAR system & Smart Node system
• DfMA case studies: Lotte World Tower Podium & Galleria Gwanggyo

Erik Verboon

• Discreet modern interventions to improve building performance
• Designing a contemporary façade rooted in historic visual narratives
• Preserving authentic building façades in historic districts for adaptive-reuse needs

• Understanding the potential benefits and requirements of the BECx process
• How envelope commissioning aligns with the overall design schedule
• Maximizing the value of BECx during Construction Administration and in the field

• Sustainable features of stainless steel
• Deco Linen as façade finish on buildings in Manhattan
• Ensuring longevity by selecting appropriate stainless steel grades

• A2-s1, d0
• Slim buildup
• Hydrophobic core

• Powder and liquid coatings and sustainability
• Contribution to LEED certifications
• Performance: Durability and functionalities

• Holistic Sustainability: Going beyond carbon to consider durability, occupant well-being and circularity
• Leverage product transparency documentation to add environmental value to your project
• Achieving key climate goals with building façades

Sneh Kumar

Prior Performing Arts Center at the College of the Holy Cross

• Two pairs of walls that twist, turn and interlock to define the four pavilions of the multidisciplinary incubator
• Optimizing construction with the use of parametric modeling to rationalize the curves and panelization
• Complimentary formal complexity in two different materials

• Project introduction
• Restoration of the existing façade
• Design of the new building façade

• Interlayers for security glazing, properties, comparison & benefits
• Choosing between forced entry and ballistic glazing
• Security glazing for natural threats

• Sustainable façade design with a carbon neutral solution
• Attachment methods for ventilated rainscreens and curtainwall integration
• Design considerations related to meeting the performance, budget criteria and the design intent for a project

• Bringing ideas to life: Transforming concepts into model code-compliant construction projects
• Building with confidence: Mitigating risks in deferred façade submittals
• Simplicity meets performance: Hilti’s cutting-edge rainscreen sub-framing systems

• Terms of collaboration: distinguishing between design-assist, design-build, delegated-design, IPD, and cost-plus contracts
• Pursuing optimization: improving project outcomes for design, procurement, cost, and schedule
• Risks and challenges: disrupting conventional design processes and cost incentives

Owen Detlor

The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation is the latest addition to New York’s historic American Museum of Natural History. The new building creates new physical and visual connections that encourage visitors to explore the exhibitions within and to share the excitement of scientific discovery and learning about the natural world. Conceived from the inside-out, the architecture also greatly improves visitor experience throughout the museum by seamlessly embedding within the existing campus. This talk will discuss how the façade’s distinctive form emerged from the design concept, with the building’s shotcrete structure extending outward to support the building’s stone cladding. Through close collaboration between architects, engineers, fabricators and installers, the design team utilized advanced digital workflows to translate the vision of continuous curvature into buildable components. Lessons learned from this project provide valuable insights for realizing innovative architectural geometries.

• Where does PH fit in with hot topics of high-performance and carbon reduction?
• How do the latest energy codes stack up against Net Zero and PH projects?
• How does PH respond to Local Law 97 and other municipal mandates and incentives?

Cheryl Saldanha