103rd Edition – Zak World of Façades United Kingdom

• Embracing the tenets of circular design, through the creative reuse of the original Portland stone façade
• Reducing operational carbon with a high-performance envelope
• Transforming the workplace by increasing access to daylight and the introduction of mixed-mode ventilation

• What have we done?
• What are we doing?
• What will we do?

• Transforming materials into delightful outcomes
• The role of forming partnerships to develop innovation
• Quality as a key element of the design

• Porocity
• Valley
• Crystal Houses

• Battersea Exchange
• Temple Quarter
• Three Chamberlain Square

• Maximising development area by form finding collaborative approach at the earliest stage of the project and arranging the massing around lean component building blocks to develop conceptually efficient form
• With the early focus of carbon reduction, a ‘total architecture’ approach with the use of innovative software and façade technology, a smart active façade making it UK’s tallest BREEAM Outstand building with façade playing key part
• Utilising a lean façade system that adapts to the solar conditions, overshadowing from current and future buildings, limiting solar gains to high performance LETI requirements and maximise daylighting and views out of the building ensuring occupant comfort and wellness
• The lean design, with a mission statement of ‘less is more’ in terms of material within the façade was only possible with the selection of an optimised smart active system

• The importance of reducing embodied carbon
• Development of a design tool for embodied carbon analysis for facades
• Case studies to show how early analysis can assist in embodied carbon reduction decision making

• Sustainability as a parameter for selecting the right solution incl. energy, embodied carbon, economic etc.
• Smart and intelligent vent control allowing for flexible and robust building design
• Case studies showing how smart control and intelligent window automation fits into the sustainable agenda

• Statutory & regulatory compliance
• Standards & testing
• Real-world solutions

• What were the key decisions and milestones in the realisation for the vision of the regeneration of Kings Cross?
• What was the development brief for individual buildings with key aspirations, drivers and expectations?
• Insight on the architectural response to the brief and how has it been successful
• How construction industry expectations and aspirations are changing fast and would the brief and response be different if these buildings were conceived in 2022?

Duncan Richards

• System revolution - Chareau's Maison de Verre
• New possibilities - SOM's Lever House
• What next? - SOM's JTI, Sustainable Hybrid Timber Office Building, and the future

• Designing the optimum environment to invent ideas: under the lightweight canopies, two levels of flexible workspace, amenities and courtyards benefit from optimal daylighting that arrives in the heart of the building through clerestory windows
• Draped between columns, the tent-like roof shape has been optimised for structural performance, daylight penetration and rainwater harvesting
• The first-of-its kind dragonscale solar skin: clad with 50,000 seamlessly integrated solar panels, specifically designed for the project, the roof has the capacity to generate 40% of the building’s annual energy needs, positioning the scheme for LEED v4 Platinum certification

• Challenges to overcome
• Material selection
• Robust details and fixing

• How the landmark Building Safety Act received Royal Assent and became law in England earlier this year and what this means for product specifications and how this affects occupant safety
• Digitalisation of fire safety products – clients’ needs, the Golden Thread and BS8644
• Product performance validation, competence and live compliance; how technology can provide improve safety and reduce operating costs

• Breather & AVCL membranes & systems
• Overview on solutions fully tested and approved, since 2011 covering 100% of UK façade applications
• The importance of weatherproofing design with case studies

• A project discussion on the Palmerston Court Passivhaus project in Battersea, London. The diverse panel will present their different perspectives and experiences across the project covering the Client, Contractor, Façade Engineer, Architect and Passivhaus Consultant roles. The panel will discuss the challenges, innovations and successes of the project and how each approached achieving Passivhaus on a large, complex multi-use building.

Thomas Henriksen

• Looking at the role of the façade in the evolution of architecture through the ages
• Observing the impact of new technologies and how these have generated new types of building envelope
• Picking out trends and anticipating where the next steps in this journey will take us
• What it takes to make a great building

• Station shed and soffit
• Platform canopies
• Photovoltaic façade panels

• Sustainable design based on a circular economy and how the design for the renovation of La Meinau Stadium reuses 4000sqm of upcycled aeroplane fuselages sections from decommissioned aircraft to bring comfort into a brand-new hospitality area
• Adaptable modular connections and how the design team have linked together geometrically inconsistent elements into an integrated, engineered system
• The challenge of making an upcycling process economically affordable while rethinking the typical envelope construction workflow, standardisation, logistics and optimisations

• Sharp corner profiles
• Sharp corner profiles
• Hot extruded façade profiles

• Carbon footprint of interlayers for laminated glass
• Solutions engineered into the façade
• Embodied carbon reduction is achievable

• The brief
• The design concept
• Key challenges

Andrew Morris

• Initial design: Designing for a new city
• Developed design: Materiality and system design responses
• Implementation: Realizing a complex cold bent façade at scale and speed

• Façade types and how their function affects the performance requirements for cavity barriers
• Evolving regulatory landscape, latest guidance, and increased focus on third party verification
• How passive fire product manufacturers can help to support a safer built environment

• Designing low carbon façades to build green infrastructure for the years to come
• Blending sustainability, aesthetics, and durability while shortlisting the materials for building envelope
• Taking a holistic approach to achieve zero targets and how big a role façades can play in this
• Creating a framework of measuring the progress of all the steps taken towards achieving sustainability in our buildings

John Downes