61st Edition – Zak World of Façades United Kingdom

• Appropriate forms of construction
• Thermal, fire and acoustic performance
• Integrating natural ventilation and balconies

• Realising highly bespoke designs by maximising the use of off-site production of façade elements
• Performance criteria such as air/water tightness, ventilation and durability
• Architectural detailing, integrating design features and different materials such as brick fascia, ceramic, etc
• Build-ability and slick on-site installation

• Ambition and process
• Design and context
• Detail and technical challenges

• Influence of technological advancements on façade construction: How is the horizon changing?
• State-of-the-art trends in contemporary façade designs & aesthetics for North England projects
• Culminating complexity of design with safety and sustainability features of the façade
• Realising complex façade designs through BIM: Benefits and challenges

Neil Kendrick

• The use of complex modelling to develop biophilic patterns in architecture
• Using the WELL standard to influence the fabric of a building
• Collaborating with the supply chain to Integrate natural materials in the façade of a building

• Factors that make up the costs of the façade
• Risk in the costs and field of expertise in the industry
• Tender comparison study

• Why are things heating up inside our buildings and what are the consequences?
• What tools should we be using to measure the risk of overheating?
• How can good design keep temperatures down?

• The rise of superdurable finishes; Stone, GRC, Anodising, Coreten and Copper effects
• Best practice for specifying special effect finishes
• Case studies in Manchester and beyond

• Benefits of structural bonding in façades
• Specialist structural glazing applications
• How to ensure the long term performance of your project

• Dynamic glazing to provide solar management and comfort
• Control strategy to deliver promised performances
• System architecture to make it flexible and widely accessible

• Exploring a façades collective skin
• Additive and subtractive façades
• Façades collective sustainability

• Evaluating design solutions
• Communication and collaboration
• Progress tracking and monitoring

• Formulating database structure
• Identification of relevant incidents
• Interrogating database and application to machine learning

• How new demands for low energy buildings require innovative façade solutions
• What are the future solutions for today’s architectural demands and the ever evolving performance requirements
• Developing safety prerequisites to buildings and how they can be achieved in an energy efficient way

• A review of the fundamental requirements from first principals
• Highlight the critical interface between the floor slab and the façade system
• Development of best practice to control external and internal vertical fire spread

• Where does technology stands today when it comes to combining façade weatherproofing and fire protection?
• Consulting - The key element for modern façade industry
• Partnership - The art of business relationship

• Selection drivers – what matters?
• Unitised curtain walling – why and when?
• Precast construction – why and when?
• Worked project example comparison & analysis

• Less structure – More sky with pillows over 100m long
• Illuminate and inform - Using pillows as a canvas
• Durability, longevity and safety

• 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

Stephen Tanno