Category Archives: Network

AMglass
//AMglass Additive manufacturing offers enormous design freedom – the ever-increasing trend of individually manufactured components is a particular contributor to this, mostly for metal and plastics. In the glass industry things are different: the high temperatures and strong temperature differences

AMglass
//AMglass Additive manufacturing offers enormous design freedom – the ever-increasing trend of individually manufactured components is a particular contributor to this, mostly for metal and plastics. In the glass industry things are different: the high temperatures and strong temperature differences

New Page efn
///New Page efn The European Façade Network is an association of universities in Europe, being involved in façade education and research. The group has been active for more than a decade and is now launching a new homepage as a

New Page efn
///New Page efn The European Façade Network is an association of universities in Europe, being involved in façade education and research. The group has been active for more than a decade and is now launching a new homepage as a

Building with Paper
///Building with Paper What if we could build paper houses? If paper was a building material? Would this create new possibilities for architecture and design? Would we be able to develop new solutions for the construction process, and could we

Building with Paper
///Building with Paper What if we could build paper houses? If paper was a building material? Would this create new possibilities for architecture and design? Would we be able to develop new solutions for the construction process, and could we

Façade Retrofit Database
///Façade Retrofit Database If you are looking for decent information about retrofitted building envelopes, this website is interesting: it collects data about refurbishment projects on an international level, the global numbers and technical information, involved people, sometimes detail drawings and

Façade Retrofit Database
///Façade Retrofit Database If you are looking for decent information about retrofitted building envelopes, this website is interesting: it collects data about refurbishment projects on an international level, the global numbers and technical information, involved people, sometimes detail drawings and

Network BauProPapier
///Network BauProPapier The network vision is to build an innovation platform for building products with paper. The network partners located along the entire value chain will work together to develop, market and establish product innovations, including TU Darmstadt as research

Network BauProPapier
///Network BauProPapier The network vision is to build an innovation platform for building products with paper. The network partners located along the entire value chain will work together to develop, market and establish product innovations, including TU Darmstadt as research

Quake – a Research Company!
///Quake – a Research Company! Tomorrow’s challenges for the built environment require groundbreaking innovations today. New technologies and methodologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning and research by design offer unprecedented opportunities to rethink, redesign and reshape our society. Enabling us

Quake – a Research Company!
///Quake – a Research Company! Tomorrow’s challenges for the built environment require groundbreaking innovations today. New technologies and methodologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning and research by design offer unprecedented opportunities to rethink, redesign and reshape our society. Enabling us

GW-News
/// GW-News GW-News is a new international information platform for facades, windows, glass and sun protection. The platform presents in detail innovations as well as new applications and products relating to the development, production and assembly of facades, construction elements,

GW-News
/// GW-News GW-News is a new international information platform for facades, windows, glass and sun protection. The platform presents in detail innovations as well as new applications and products relating to the development, production and assembly of facades, construction elements,

International Facade + Glass Lab
/// International Facade + Glass Lab The International Façade + Glass Lab is a cooperation between the Tongji University / College of Civil Engineering, TU Darmstadt / Faculty of Civil Engineering and the TU Delft / Department of Architectural Engineering

International Facade + Glass Lab
/// International Facade + Glass Lab The International Façade + Glass Lab is a cooperation between the Tongji University / College of Civil Engineering, TU Darmstadt / Faculty of Civil Engineering and the TU Delft / Department of Architectural Engineering

Fachadas
///Fachadas Bill Marshall, one of the leading façade consultant in South America, opened this blog about facades, proposing projects, event, and technical information. Interesting to get this community linked as well! For more information see here.

The Glass Competence Center (GCC) of the TU Darmstadt
///The Glass Competence Center (GCC) of the TU Darmstadt The Institute for Statics and Design (ISM+D) and the Material Testing Institute (MPA) of the TU Darmstadt both have strong competencies in the field of glass construction. A team of 15

The Glass Competence Center (GCC) of the TU Darmstadt
///The Glass Competence Center (GCC) of the TU Darmstadt The Institute for Statics and Design (ISM+D) and the Material Testing Institute (MPA) of the TU Darmstadt both have strong competencies in the field of glass construction. A team of 15

Lithium Architects GmbH
/// Lithium Architects GmbH Lithium Architects GmbH was founded in September 2018 as an Architectural and Façade consultant. Lithium Architects GmbH is a group of Architects, Engineers, and Researchers, who are dedicated to develop construction solutions for classic and complex

Lithium Architects GmbH
/// Lithium Architects GmbH Lithium Architects GmbH was founded in September 2018 as an Architectural and Façade consultant. Lithium Architects GmbH is a group of Architects, Engineers, and Researchers, who are dedicated to develop construction solutions for classic and complex

BuildingAM
///BuildingAM Building Am supports the connection between the building industry and futuristic technologies, such as Additive manufacturing. The Network adopts the idea of finding individual solutions for highly complex architecture problems at any scale. the generated solutions have to fulfill

BuildingAM
///BuildingAM Building Am supports the connection between the building industry and futuristic technologies, such as Additive manufacturing. The Network adopts the idea of finding individual solutions for highly complex architecture problems at any scale. the generated solutions have to fulfill

EFN Agreement
/// EFN Agreement After some years of informal cooperation, the partners in the European façade network agreed to formalize their cooperation in education and research. So – at our last meeting in Luzern we signed a cooperation agreement with the

EFN Agreement
/// EFN Agreement After some years of informal cooperation, the partners in the European façade network agreed to formalize their cooperation in education and research. So – at our last meeting in Luzern we signed a cooperation agreement with the

New façade program in the US at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia
///New façade program in the US at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia The M.S. in Architecture program at Thomas Jefferson University / Philadelphia is an advanced post-professional, research-based degree, featuring two concentrations: Façade Design and Technology and High-Performance Building. This

New façade program in the US at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia
///New façade program in the US at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia The M.S. in Architecture program at Thomas Jefferson University / Philadelphia is an advanced post-professional, research-based degree, featuring two concentrations: Façade Design and Technology and High-Performance Building. This

FACECAMP | facade training program Bolzano / Innsbruck
///FACECAMP – facade training program Bolzano / Innsbruck Interreg Italy-Austria FACEcamp project offers a training course aimed at increasing the know-how of companies and freelance professionals operating in the field of complex technological building façades. The course aims to transfer

FACECAMP | facade training program Bolzano / Innsbruck
///FACECAMP – facade training program Bolzano / Innsbruck Interreg Italy-Austria FACEcamp project offers a training course aimed at increasing the know-how of companies and freelance professionals operating in the field of complex technological building façades. The course aims to transfer

Interreg Nort-West Europe | SeraMco
///Interreg Nort-West Europe | SeraMco The construction sector is the most resource intensive industrial sector in the EU. It uses around 50% of the available primary raw materials, hence exhausting the natural resources, degrading the environment and generating high costs

Interreg Nort-West Europe | SeraMco
///Interreg Nort-West Europe | SeraMco The construction sector is the most resource intensive industrial sector in the EU. It uses around 50% of the available primary raw materials, hence exhausting the natural resources, degrading the environment and generating high costs

Facade Tectonics
/// Facade Tectonics Façade Tectonics started as a series of invited roundtable discussions at the University of Southern California School of Architecture in 2007; a strategic response to the escalating importance and complexity of building facade technology. The roundtables grew

Facade Tectonics
/// Facade Tectonics Façade Tectonics started as a series of invited roundtable discussions at the University of Southern California School of Architecture in 2007; a strategic response to the escalating importance and complexity of building facade technology. The roundtables grew

Advanced Ceramics R&D Lab
///Advanced Ceramics R&D Lab The Advanced Ceramics R&D Lab is an emerging laboratory, based in the Design Institute of Guimarães, which aims to explore the integration of digital additive manufacturing techniques in the architectural design and production processes of ceramic elements for

Advanced Ceramics R&D Lab
///Advanced Ceramics R&D Lab The Advanced Ceramics R&D Lab is an emerging laboratory, based in the Design Institute of Guimarães, which aims to explore the integration of digital additive manufacturing techniques in the architectural design and production processes of ceramic elements for

Research group for Resource-Centered Construction / RWTH Aachen
/// Research group for Resource-Centered Construction / RWTH Aachen Research needs interaction – so: Prof. Dr. Linda Hildebrand’s new developed Research group for resource-centered construction came to visit the ISM+D institute in TU-Darmstadt – to interact, discuss and develop. Nice meeting,

Research group for Resource-Centered Construction / RWTH Aachen
/// Research group for Resource-Centered Construction / RWTH Aachen Research needs interaction – so: Prof. Dr. Linda Hildebrand’s new developed Research group for resource-centered construction came to visit the ISM+D institute in TU-Darmstadt – to interact, discuss and develop. Nice meeting,

Chair of Digital Design | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Tessmann
/// Chair of Digital Design | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Tessmann Computational technologies and digital fabrication change the way we design and build today. In our research and education we develop computational design techniques and digital tools that improve communication and interdisciplinary

Chair of Digital Design | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Tessmann
/// Chair of Digital Design | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Tessmann Computational technologies and digital fabrication change the way we design and build today. In our research and education we develop computational design techniques and digital tools that improve communication and interdisciplinary

Adaptive facade network – Europe | The Cost Action
/// Adaptive facade network – Europe | The Cost Action The COST Action TU1403 – Adaptive Facades Network (www.tu1403.eu) was initiated by several research institutes in 2014. The COST framework is financed by the H2020 program and supports trans-national cooperation between

Adaptive facade network – Europe | The Cost Action
/// Adaptive facade network – Europe | The Cost Action The COST Action TU1403 – Adaptive Facades Network (www.tu1403.eu) was initiated by several research institutes in 2014. The COST framework is financed by the H2020 program and supports trans-national cooperation between

Climate Design and Sustainability Chair – TU Delft
/// Climate Design and Sustainability Chair – TU Delft See the link here. With the leading role that building physics started to have for achieving sustainable building designs, the section Climate Design at TU Delft was inaugurated from a cooperation between

Climate Design and Sustainability Chair – TU Delft
/// Climate Design and Sustainability Chair – TU Delft See the link here. With the leading role that building physics started to have for achieving sustainable building designs, the section Climate Design at TU Delft was inaugurated from a cooperation between

TUD COST Action TU1403 – Adaptive Facades Network
/// TUD COST Action TU1403 – Adaptive Facades Network See the link here. Descriptions are provided by the Actions directly via e-COST. Multi-functional and adaptive building envelopes can provide step-change improvements in the energy efficiency and economic value of new and

TUD COST Action TU1403 – Adaptive Facades Network
/// TUD COST Action TU1403 – Adaptive Facades Network See the link here. Descriptions are provided by the Actions directly via e-COST. Multi-functional and adaptive building envelopes can provide step-change improvements in the energy efficiency and economic value of new and

MCDC- Masters of Computational Design and Construction
///MCDC- Masters of Computational Design and Construction The masters of computational design and construction, MCDC, is a graduate program for generative design and fabrication through parametric software. The approach of the program is to rethink architecture, engineering and construction, AEC,

MCDC- Masters of Computational Design and Construction
///MCDC- Masters of Computational Design and Construction The masters of computational design and construction, MCDC, is a graduate program for generative design and fabrication through parametric software. The approach of the program is to rethink architecture, engineering and construction, AEC,

Chair of mechanics / Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Schneider
/// Chair of mechanics / Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Schneider The institute for materials and mechanics in civil engineering bundles its research and educational activities in the areas materials in civil engineering, statics and mechanics in order to achieve a homogeneous basis

Chair of mechanics / Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Schneider
/// Chair of mechanics / Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Schneider The institute for materials and mechanics in civil engineering bundles its research and educational activities in the areas materials in civil engineering, statics and mechanics in order to achieve a homogeneous basis