172nd Edition – Zak World of Façades New Zealand

This will be the 172nd edition globally and the 3rd edition in Auckland which will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display latest technological solutions.

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Speakers & Panelists
Chris Scott
Principal, Jasmax
Chris Scott is a Principal at Jasmax and one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading education design specialists. Throughout his career, Chris has played a pivotal role in developing innovative spaces for the country’s leading universities that greatly enhance the learning experience...
Rebecca Irwin
Project Director, Jasmax
Rebecca Irwin is a Project Director at Jasmax, with over 25 years’ experience focused on the design of tertiary education and healthcare projects. She is an exceptionally capable architect with proven skills in design, co-ordination, management and project leadership. Rebecca has a proven track record...
Dyann Stewart
Façade Consultant, Technoform Bautec Asia Pacific
Dyann Stewart has been in the construction industry for 27 years, performing various senior management roles such as Technical Manager, Business Development Manager, and Commercial Manager, all within the New Zealand window and door industry. She is the previous chairperson...
Simon Neale
Chief Property Officer, University of Auckland
Simon is an accomplished strategic leader in the development and operational management ofmulti-site property portfolios and high profile buildings. He has experience spanning manygeographies including the UK, Singapore and New Zealand, and a range of prestigious organisationswithin the Higher Education,...
Paresh Dave
Sales and Specification Manager – Inside Sales, Equitone
Paresh Dave has been a Sales and Specification Manger – Inside sales at EQUITONE since 2021. He currently looks after architects and specifiers in New Zealand and Australia (WA, SA, QLD & TAS). Paresh has a proven track record of...
Eloise Blewden
Sustainability Engineer, Aurecon
Eloise is a sustainability engineer with Aurecon New Zealand, based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington. Eloise has experience delivering Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) and upfront embodied carbon assessments for commercial and public building projects. As the former New Zealand Future Thinker of the Year,...
Marta Mazzilli
Façade Engineer, Aurecon
Marta is a Lead façade engineer with Aurecon New Zealand, based in Ōtautahi Christchurch.  She has over 15 years’ experience in the façade industry, gained working for leading façade contactors across Italy and New Zealand, before moving to consultancy roles.  Through her academic background...
Vajini Panilla
Principal, Warren & Mahoney
Vajini is a uniquely talented designer and communicator. She is passionate about the transformative power of architecture to transform cities and societies. “Buildings must give back to our planet and our communities beyond functionality or beauty. It takes a brilliant vision...
Kaare Korkene
Partner & Managing Director, Snøhetta Australasia
Kaare is Snøhetta Partner and Managing Director of Snøhetta in Australasia, he is responsible for numerous projects across the Australasian region including Harbourside, Clarendon Tea House, and The Maltings. Kaare is a member of the Office for Design and Architecture South Australia’s Design...
Candice Zhao
Sales Manager, NorthGlass Processed Glass BU
Ms. Candice Zhao has 10 years of experience in engineering glass processing industry. She has been engaged in the management and execution of overseas projects, especially HK market. Her recent projects include Taikoo Place 2A & 2B in HK, West...
Tom Donald
Director, Eckersley O'Callaghan
Tom leads the Sydney studio of Eckersley O’Callaghan (EOC) having previously worked as part of their London facades team. With a background in architecture and environmental design Tom embodies the integrated design and environmental performance central to EOCs engineering philosophy....
James Pearce
Senior Principal, Populous
Since joining Populous in 2010, James has worked on numerous projects around the globe including the Jamsil Sports MICE Complex in Korea, International Convention Centre Sydney, Philippine Arena in Manila, Datong Sports Park in China, KL Sports City in Malaysia,...
Brian Hubbs
Managing Principal | Senior Building Science Specialist, RDH Canada
Brian Hubbs is a Founder, Principal, and Senior Building Science Specialist at RDH Building Science. With over 30 years of experience as a consultant practicing exclusively in the field of building science, he is a practical façade engineer and researcher....
Marc Zobec
Building & Façade Engineer, Marc T Zobec Design & Engineering
For over 35 years, Marc Zobec PhD FIE Aust CPEng EngExec has worked in the façade contracting industry, notably for the Permasteelisa Group based in the group headquarters in Italy, having held the position of Group Technical Director. His responsibilities...
Dan Bosher
Director-NZ, Icon
As General Manager, Dan leads all operational aspects of Icon’s New Zealand business, with accountability to the NZ Director for all new business and project delivery functions in NZ. Established in June 2017, Icon NZ has completed five major New...
John Hawkins
Façade Practice Lead - NZ, Mott MacDonald
John has 15 years’ experience in New Zealand’s buildings sector and is currently the Building Sciences Practice Leader for Mott MacDonald New Zealand, John leads the community of façade engineering specialists and engineering scientists within the New Zealand business. John...
Shane Hart
Director of Client Relations, Insol
Shane serves as the Head of Client Relations at Insol, where he has been instrumental in the development of testing capabilities and standards to cement the firm’s reputation as the nation’s leading bespoke façade provider. His expertise in project management...
Kent Nixon
Director, Thermosash
Kent is a registered New Zealand Architect who has spent a majority of his 26-year career in construction focused roles – Project Architect, Project Management and Design Management – within main contractor and subcontractor businesses. Kent prefers working on the...
Simon Hoyle
Managing Director, Ventüer
Simon Hoyle is the Managing Director of Ventüer, an innovative New Zealand-based company that specializes in engineered ventilation solutions for high-performance building envelopes. With over a decade of experience in the industry, Simon has developed a deep understanding of ventilation...
David Hayes
Chief Façade Engineer and Group Managing Director, Thermosash
David Hayes is the Chief Façade Engineer and Group Managing Director at Thermosash Commercial Limited and for the Thermosash Group (Woods Glass (NZ) Ltd, Insite Facades Ltd, Thermosash Service & Maintenance and Window Engineering Consultants). For over 39+ years, David...
Karl Jones
Buildings Lead-New Zealand, Mott MacDonald
Karl has 24 years’ experience in the New Zealand buildings sector and is currently the buildings market lead for Mott MacDonald New Zealand, overseeing the structures, facades, services and sciences teams. Karl also preforms the role of technical excellence lead, responsible for driving...
Jayrold Bautista
Associate Tech Services & Development Scientist, Dow Asia Pacific
Jayrold has over 15 years experience in the built environment, providing technical, application and consulting expertise to stakeholders in the curtain wall  and construction industry. He is a civil engineer by qualification and has helped many clients to achieve energy...
Conference Agenda
  • Why do I need an energy model in my life? Envelope performance is inherently linked to whole building energy efficiency - if you care about one you have to care about the other
  • When do I need an energy model in my life? Energy efficiency cannot be "bolted on" retrospectively it must inform the design development
  • How do we verify the energy model? Strategies and tools to achieve holistic energy efficiency
Speakers:
  • How the façades of large sporting and entertainment venues, can help to craft the buildings identity and become part of the fabric of the surrounding environment
  • Creating a façade design which reflects the identity of its locality, taking into consideration the surrounding landscape and the history of the site
  • The use of materiality that in itself creates a sense of place
  • The future of façades and their ability to adapt to the changes around them, while still maintaining their own unique identity
Speakers:
  • How weather resistant, acoustic and smoke relief louvres often constitute the largest, leakiest and most thermally-inefficient opening that is deliberately designed in to a building façade
  • Importance of start with high-performing products that have been independently tested and certified
  • Looking at ways to avoid reinventing the wheel on every project, the product is one thing, integration into the surrounding building envelope is another
Speakers:
  • What we don't know
  • Unseen trials of new façades
  • New standards and guidance for façade testing
Speakers:
  • How to design and implement an effective forensic investigation
  • Spotting and countering red herrings and code quoting from other experts
  • Effectively defending and even strengthening your argument using data collected by others
  • Mitigating damages by focusing the repair work on areas that are predicted to fail instead of on comprehensive repairs to all areas
Speakers:
  • Singular in the plural: A transdisciplinary perspective
  • Emotional vs functional
  • Analogue and digital
Speakers:
  • Design, materials, and aesthetic choices behind the façade of New Zealand’s highest Green Star-rated building
  • Adaptive reuse: The answer to creating world leading low-carbon spaces?
  • Challenges faced and innovations implemented

Rebecca Irwin

Speakers:
  • A site of significance: A process of co-design
  • Kaitiakitanga in design: Materiality and carbon
  • A suspended sculpture: A mass timber hybrid structure
  • A play of light: Façade articulation and parametric modelling
Speakers:
  • Sustainable façade design: Principles and challenges
  • Life cycle assessment: Embodied carbon, operational performance and climate resilience
  • Case study: Lessons from Te Matapihi library project
Speakers:
  • Structure and design
  • Thermal performance
  • Durability
Speakers:
  • Thinking differently about materials
  • From concept to manufacture
  • Supporting each other
Speakers:
  • The application of jumbo size glass in architecture
  • The importance of flatness in architectural glass
  • The importance of shape accuracy in 3D curved glass
Speakers:
  • Carbon journey of silicone sealant for building façade
  • Key elements of PAS2060 standards to ensure verified carbon neutrality
  • Benefits of project specific carbon neutrality service
Speakers:
  • Bloopers in buildings with façade design
  • What are the unforeseens
  • Risks in façade, design through to site
  • Who carries the blame
Speakers:
  • Understanding New Zealand’s building crisis: Flammable cladding, waterproofing, condensation, and energy efficiency benefits
  • Sustainability principles
  • Case studies
Speakers:
  • How does building typology like BTR change how we design for façade durability?
  • Is simplicity the special ingredient we often underestimate?
  • Do we design/build better today than our predecessors did?

Karl Jones

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Event Details
  • 172nd Edition – Zak World of Façades New Zealand, February 27, 2025
  • Start Date
    February 27, 2025 8:00 am
  • End Date
    February 27, 2025 5:00 pm
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    Upcoming
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