52nd Edition – Zak World of Façades USA

• The new retractable roof at the existing No.1 court at Wimbledon
• The ‘Magic’ glass-to-glass corner at 20 Grosvenor Square
• Zero carbon technology for the Lambeth Palace Library

• Team status (explanation of both systems)
• The winners and losers (pros and cons of each)
• Reviewing the game tapes (examples, case studies)

• Exploring forces that shape our cities and buildings and their envelopes with case studies of projects through the scorching heat of the Arabian Desert to the unforgiving chill of the Finnish tundra
• Exploring how design solutions are shaped by their cultural and climatic contexts to unlock the immense possibilities of adaptive architecture
• Mitigating the climatic extremes for hospitable human life, while finding solutions that can be both economically and environmentally profitable

• Digital Influence on façade construction: How is the horizon changing?
• State-of-the-art trends in contemporary façade designs & aesthetics for North American projects
• Culminating complexity of design with safety and sustainability features of the façade
• Latest materials on the block being used for contemporary façade designs

Peter Arbour

• Designing a timeless and memorable facility in the context of a national landmark
• Optimizing and documenting a structurally integrated skylight
• Utilizing an interdisciplinary project delivery method with a high degree of collaboration between engineers, architects, material fabricators, and educators
• Rationalizing and optimizing of the skylight to ensuring easily constructability with efficient use of materials

• Documenting freeform skins
• Design to fabrication
• What the future holds

• Performance standards and specification of powder and liquid coatings
• Benefits of powder and liquid coatings
• Recent innovations & track record in powder and liquid coatings

• What is Dekton?
• What can I do with it?
• Dekton in North America

• Structural design benefits with ionoplast interlayers
• Transparent guards and walking surfaces
• Iconic projects with spectacular views

• Multi layered envelopes: Novel approaches with multi layered glazed façade execution
• Refurbishing with structural glass: Taking aesthetics and value addition together
• Glazing with large glass panes: Strategies to steer clear with challenges of their application
• Curved laminated glass: Structural behaviour and performance of cold bending

Christoph Timm

• Creating a unique architectural expression through innovative programming and environmental responsiveness combined with high minimalism
• The Commons as a conceptual pivot: A semi-conditioned spatial network of circulation and gathering spaces
• The Commons as a carefully tempered comfort zone: Natural ventilation, light and shade controlled through a highly transparent glass wall with large operable panels which automatically react to exterior and interior temperatures, wind speeds, weather, etc.

• How contracts and traditional role models influence the digital workflow
• How digital design tools changed architecture in the last decades and how the façade industry reacts on the new challenges
• Approaches of non-interrupted process chains from design to construction

• Understanding high-performance coating options and application methods for building façades
• How PVDF coatings have enhanced monumental projects across the globe
• Exploring endless color and aesthetic options available for metal building products

• Defining types of air barriers and the different solutions currently on the market for sealing penetrations and transitions to create a complete air barrier system
• Overview of the basic requirements air barriers must meet
• Identifying the key areas within a wall system where detailing is important to overall system success

• Basic ventilation
• Sun protection
• Night cooling

• More and more building owners are recognizing the value of natural ventilation in commercial buildings for both improved occupant health and productivity and energy savings. However, neither of these benefits will be realized if ventilation openings aren’t careful addressed. This panel will explore some of the key challenges that the increasing demand for natural ventilation imposes on façade design.

Erik Olsen

• Current status on design and execution process: Split responsibility
• How digitalization can change the façade industry: Why this is really the game changer
• Case studies on not reflecting free energy, robots and 3D printing: Realizing innovation in time and budget by continuous support

• Challenges and possibilities
• Coatings as part of the solution
• Coatings on demand? Vision or reality

• Advances and innovations in glass and façade engineering
• Case studies throughout the US and beyond
• Material and envelope technologies influencing façade designs of the future

• Façade deliveries, understanding and mitigating risk
• The need for FPM
• Implementation - Players involved and their roles
• Possible pitfalls and their avoidance
• Effect on the bottom line

Mic Patterson