74th Edition – Zak World of Façades USA

• Investigating evolving geometries for a range of ambitious structural solutions
• Drawing inspiration from nature to seek optimum efficiencies
• Creating dynamic mechanisms for flexible skins

• Current state of practice
• Tools for simulation and prediction technology
• Future trends and products

• How our physical environment is being formed by various forces. Life is always evolving; the world is always changing
• No matter where the change comes from - climate change, demographic change, social change, migration, technological development, economic development or stagnation - whenever the world is changing, it creates new requirements, new conflicts and new opportunities
• Whenever we see that transformation happen, we have an opportunity to accommodate that change, and literally... give form to the future

• Is retrofitting all buildings within 10 years possible and is it a favourable measure?
• Innovative façade replacement options for older buildings
• Making greener buildings for better well-being and healthier environment for the future
• Banning new inefficient glass-walled buildings - Is it a judicious move?

Christoph Timm

• Energy drivers of building envelopes
• Occupant comfort from façades
• Performance as a design driver

• Tuning glass façades with early stage parametric tools to balance solar gain with daylighting and cooling strategies
• Addressing structural robustness, to mitigate wind-induced vibration of architectural building features and their associated condensation risk
• Modern tools and methods to combine our holistic, total architecture approach to complementary, and conflicting, design parameters using data-driven apps

• New opportunities in glass processing for commercial market
• 3D GLASS - Freedom to Form!
• Curvilinear architecture inspirations

• Building enclosures that contribute to a project’s sustainability journey
• Solutions that address long term durability and performance needs
• Current innovative opportunities

• Building codes now require laminated glass
• Stiff interlayers improve post-breakage glass retention and environmental exposure
• Structural glass railings offer design versatility

• What are the challenges in ensuring that this rapid pace of evolution fosters innovation?
• What methods do designers employ to keep up with the rapid evolution?
• How important is it for designers to be more engaged with glass procurement?
• In the constantly changing landscape, how relevant are performance specifications?

Sameer Kumar

• Healthcare facilities are not always thought of as innovators in the world of architecture let alone façades as the focus is often on the systems innovation geared in the direct implementation of care. How Stanford’s new hospital features innovative façades that are designed to meet the building’s watershed earthquake resilience criteria
• Stanford Hospital and Rockefeller University incorporate highly varied façades with each system reflecting diversity of programming, functioning and performance as well as responding to campus context and landscapes. How are the aesthetic and performance criteria for each system balanced with cost and constructability requirements?
• Intelligent Building Information Modelling streamlines the process of designing, documenting, fabricating and installing complex façade systems. How is this achieved on dense, live campuses without interrupting operations?

• How the projected ascent of building performance standards and the permeation of our industry by digital tools at all levels makes it both easier and more difficult to develop buildings that are durable, economical and inspiring
• Looking at the interface of possibilities and constraints becoming more complex than ever and how novel solutions are emerging as we repeatedly bypass the status quo
• A look at a few of today's projects which will explore potential practices for the future both near and far

• What is Dekton?
• Why Dekton is ideal for façades?
• How do I make a Dekton façade in North America?

• Large scale fire testing (BS8414 and NFPA 285)
• Thermal and fire performance of today’s insulation technologies
• The effects of changes in systems to its fire performance, a summary of research done on fire safety of systems with ACM claddings

• Functional requirements of perimeter barrier firestop systems
• Fire resistance testing for curtain walling and perimeter barriers and a transatlantic comparison of testing approach, criteria and experiences
• The criticality of workmanship quality, and the need for installation inspection & reporting

• Studio Gang, the project architect will share their vision on the concept and drivers behind the façade design
• Heintges, the façade consultant will highlight the technical challenges and performance requirements
• Permasteelisa, the façade contractor will explain the detailing, fabrication and installation of the units

• Parametric structure
• ETFE façade
• Kinetic systems

• Use of Texlon® ETFE systems in modern architecture
• Benefits of ETFE
• Challenges faced at “The Shed" in New York City and the new Las Vegas NFL Stadium “Allegiant Stadium” - Two different venues, which bring together passion and people

• Transparency and freedom of design
• Aesthetics, precision and variety of form
• Energy efficiency, economy and sustainability

• Understand end-uses and application methods for coil and extrusion coatings
• Exploring options for achieving LEED and LBC credits using sustainable coatings
• Reviewing key consideration for selecting and specifying sustainable coatings for buildings

• Digital manufacturing with high-end technology
• Construction method that uses digital manufacturing
• Effort for clean and safe future construction environment

• Innovation in architecture is often attributed to the application of new materials and technologies. How digitally-driven processes enable us to visualize, analyze and realize designs?
• How we approach design, engineering, and construction with the promise to improve and evolve
• What are the benefits and challenges in leveraging technology for the delivery of high-performance, sustainable, and complex façades?

Stan Su

• Human evolution and managing the modern flood of data
• Computing complex geometry: Jewel Changi Airport and other projects
• Looking ahead: Closing the loop from expert systems to site QA

• Challenges of modern curtain walls for the application of glass
• Structural and thermal stress analysis
• Design review
• Collaboration with the project team, architect, curtain wall company and consultants

• Understanding the origins of module based forming concepts for use in architectural precast concrete (APC)
• Discovering the progression of the Oak Ridge National Lab research project surrounding the development of additive manufacturing for use in forming APC
• How the project architect partnered with the manufacturer to realize the "Sugar Cube" design aesthetic of One South First, Site A of the Domino Sugar Factory redevelopment, designed by CookFox

• International Procurement: Procuring bespoke façades suiting local requirements
• Is the supply-only-contracts new go-to method?
• Challenging the status quo: How are new players changing the façade delivery norms
• Design assist appointments
• Delivering improved construction partnering "Trust, Quality & Value"

Erik Verboon