Category Archives: Research

Next Free Form Facades

///Next Free Form Facades In cooperation with Jansen as steel- façade system-provider Lia Tramontini realized with her final PhD project an impressive new free form façade! All free form knots are 3D printed and secure a simple construction. As additional

Next Free Form Facades

///Next Free Form Facades In cooperation with Jansen as steel- façade system-provider Lia Tramontini realized with her final PhD project an impressive new free form façade! All free form knots are 3D printed and secure a simple construction. As additional

Interactive Facade with Eyrise®

///Interactive Facade with Eyrise® So, this is the next thing to come: a facade, interacting with the user! In the project Alessandra Luna Navarro – Senior Research at TU Delft in the field of facades – proofs the potential of

Interactive Facade with Eyrise®

///Interactive Facade with Eyrise® So, this is the next thing to come: a facade, interacting with the user! In the project Alessandra Luna Navarro – Senior Research at TU Delft in the field of facades – proofs the potential of

SeRaMCo

///SeRaMCo With TU Delft, we were part of the SeRaMCo program, a European research project investigating the potential of recycling and reusing concrete in new building components. We are pleased to share with you a short documentary film in the

SeRaMCo

///SeRaMCo With TU Delft, we were part of the SeRaMCo program, a European research project investigating the potential of recycling and reusing concrete in new building components. We are pleased to share with you a short documentary film in the

Free Form Facade Knot

///Free Form Facade Knot As a cooperation project of ISM+D with industrial partners, funded by a German grand,  this project was investigating the difficulties of free-form stick-system facades, using additive manufacturing to create a knot to solve the geometrical complexity.

Free Form Facade Knot

///Free Form Facade Knot As a cooperation project of ISM+D with industrial partners, funded by a German grand,  this project was investigating the difficulties of free-form stick-system facades, using additive manufacturing to create a knot to solve the geometrical complexity.

What are your EXPERIENCES with your FACADE?

///What are your EXPERIENCES with your FACADE? Many of us spend most of our days sitting behind a computer and working. In our working environments, not only indoor conditions but also the daily interactions with building’s façade (i.e. opening a

What are your EXPERIENCES with your FACADE?

///What are your EXPERIENCES with your FACADE? Many of us spend most of our days sitting behind a computer and working. In our working environments, not only indoor conditions but also the daily interactions with building’s façade (i.e. opening a

Clone of a Monument – a copy of the Mauritshuis Den Haag

///Clone of a Monument – a copy of the Mauritshuis Den Haag Sponsored by the Dutch research agency NWO a part of the prominent Dutch museum Mauritzhuis was scanned and 3D printed – to explore the potential of the additive

Clone of a Monument – a copy of the Mauritshuis Den Haag

///Clone of a Monument – a copy of the Mauritshuis Den Haag Sponsored by the Dutch research agency NWO a part of the prominent Dutch museum Mauritzhuis was scanned and 3D printed – to explore the potential of the additive

Xella |Systembauweise Energie Plus

/// Xella |Systembauweise Energie Plus Client: Xella Project leader: Prof. Dr.–Ing. Ulrich Knaack Participants: TU Delft in collaboration with TU Darmstadt, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carl Alexander Graubner (TU Darmstadt), Dr. Ing. Tillmann Klein (TU Delft), M. Sc. Michael Schmitt (TU Darmstadt) M. Arch. Ahmed

Xella |Systembauweise Energie Plus

/// Xella |Systembauweise Energie Plus Client: Xella Project leader: Prof. Dr.–Ing. Ulrich Knaack Participants: TU Delft in collaboration with TU Darmstadt, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carl Alexander Graubner (TU Darmstadt), Dr. Ing. Tillmann Klein (TU Delft), M. Sc. Michael Schmitt (TU Darmstadt) M. Arch. Ahmed

Prefab Load Bearing Façades

/// Prefab Load Bearing Façades Exporatory research of industrial load bearing façades in steel and aluminium. PROJECT INFORMATION Project leader: Ulrich Knaack Executed by: Ulrich Knaack, Koen Mulder Period: 2014 Budget: 10.000 Euro Funded by: VMRG, Alueco

Prefab Load Bearing Façades

/// Prefab Load Bearing Façades Exporatory research of industrial load bearing façades in steel and aluminium. PROJECT INFORMATION Project leader: Ulrich Knaack Executed by: Ulrich Knaack, Koen Mulder Period: 2014 Budget: 10.000 Euro Funded by: VMRG, Alueco

Slimme Gevel – Metadecor

/// Slimme Gevel – Metadecor a research project about façade cladding. PROJECT INFORMATION Client: Metadecor Project leader: Dipl. -Ing.Marcel Bilow Participants: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Knaack Dipl. Ing. Tillmann Klein Dipl.Ing. Matthias Rudolph / Transsolar Period: 2010

Slimme Gevel – Metadecor

/// Slimme Gevel – Metadecor a research project about façade cladding. PROJECT INFORMATION Client: Metadecor Project leader: Dipl. -Ing.Marcel Bilow Participants: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Knaack Dipl. Ing. Tillmann Klein Dipl.Ing. Matthias Rudolph / Transsolar Period: 2010

Rapid Prototyping in Facades

/// Rapid Prototyping in Façades Research Project about the influence of Additive Layered Fabrication Processes on building technology and façades. Project leader: Dipl.Ing. Holger Strauss Executed by: Jeroen Scheepmaker (Alcoa architectuursystemen), Klaus-Martin Hees (Kawneer), Prof. Dr.Ing Ulrich Knaack (TU Delft), Dipl.Ing. Marcel

Rapid Prototyping in Facades

/// Rapid Prototyping in Façades Research Project about the influence of Additive Layered Fabrication Processes on building technology and façades. Project leader: Dipl.Ing. Holger Strauss Executed by: Jeroen Scheepmaker (Alcoa architectuursystemen), Klaus-Martin Hees (Kawneer), Prof. Dr.Ing Ulrich Knaack (TU Delft), Dipl.Ing. Marcel

NEXT Active Facades

/// NEXT Active Facades Development of Building Service Integrated Façades. PROJECT INFORMATION Project leader: Tillmann Klein Executed by: Tillmann Klein, Eric van den Ham Period: 2009- August 2010 Budget: € 22.000 Funded by: Alcoa Architectural Systems, TROX Technik, Somfy

NEXT Active Facades

/// NEXT Active Facades Development of Building Service Integrated Façades. PROJECT INFORMATION Project leader: Tillmann Klein Executed by: Tillmann Klein, Eric van den Ham Period: 2009- August 2010 Budget: € 22.000 Funded by: Alcoa Architectural Systems, TROX Technik, Somfy

University of Bielefeld

  /// University of Bielefeld Feasibility Study on the refurbishment potential of Bielefeld University, Germany PROJECT INFORMATION Project leader: Thiemo Ebbert Executed by: Ulrich Knaack, Thiemo Ebbert, Tillmann Klein Period: May 2007 – October 2007 Budget: 12,000 € Funded by:

University of Bielefeld

  /// University of Bielefeld Feasibility Study on the refurbishment potential of Bielefeld University, Germany PROJECT INFORMATION Project leader: Thiemo Ebbert Executed by: Ulrich Knaack, Thiemo Ebbert, Tillmann Klein Period: May 2007 – October 2007 Budget: 12,000 € Funded by:

IPC-The Living Skin

  /// IPC-The Living Skin Collaborative Research with façade construction companies in cooperation with the VMRG. PROJECT INFORMATION Project leader: Ulrich Knaack Executed by: Ulrich Knaack, Marcel Bilow; Thalia Konstantinou Period: 2009 – 2011 Budget: 37500 Euro Funded by: TU Delft,

IPC-The Living Skin

  /// IPC-The Living Skin Collaborative Research with façade construction companies in cooperation with the VMRG. PROJECT INFORMATION Project leader: Ulrich Knaack Executed by: Ulrich Knaack, Marcel Bilow; Thalia Konstantinou Period: 2009 – 2011 Budget: 37500 Euro Funded by: TU Delft,

Energy Saving Energy Supplier

  /// Energy Saving Energy Supplier Feasibility Studies on the refurbishment potentials of two properties for Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW), Energy Supplier, Germany PROJECT INFORMATIONProject leader: Thiemo EbbertExecuted by: Ulrich Knaack, Thiemo Ebbert, Tillmann KleinPeriod: February 2007 – December 2007Budget: 26,000 €Funded

Energy Saving Energy Supplier

  /// Energy Saving Energy Supplier Feasibility Studies on the refurbishment potentials of two properties for Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW), Energy Supplier, Germany PROJECT INFORMATIONProject leader: Thiemo EbbertExecuted by: Ulrich Knaack, Thiemo Ebbert, Tillmann KleinPeriod: February 2007 – December 2007Budget: 26,000 €Funded

Modular Facades

  /// Modular Façades Development of a modular façade system PROJECT INFORMATION Project leader: Tillmann Klein Executed by: Tillmann Klein Period: 2008- April 2010 Budget: € 39.000 Funded by: Alcoa Kawneer Architectural Systems

Modular Facades

  /// Modular Façades Development of a modular façade system PROJECT INFORMATION Project leader: Tillmann Klein Executed by: Tillmann Klein Period: 2008- April 2010 Budget: € 39.000 Funded by: Alcoa Kawneer Architectural Systems