Posts Tagged: buildings

Energy Efficient Construction Group @ ISM+D

///Energy Efficient Construction Group @ ISM+D The research group Energy Efficient Construction is dedicated to develop methods for reducing the energy consumption of buildings and settlements, right up to zero-energy buildings and energy-positive settlement modules. In addition, innovative thermally activated

Energy Efficient Construction Group @ ISM+D

///Energy Efficient Construction Group @ ISM+D The research group Energy Efficient Construction is dedicated to develop methods for reducing the energy consumption of buildings and settlements, right up to zero-energy buildings and energy-positive settlement modules. In addition, innovative thermally activated

FACADE 2021 – Digital! Conference in Lucerne

///FACADE 2021 – Digital! Conference in Lucerne Every two years the European façade network meets in Lucerne – this time for the sixth time. Good line up, good location and good networking, yes, analog and digital this time on November

FACADE 2021 – Digital! Conference in Lucerne

///FACADE 2021 – Digital! Conference in Lucerne Every two years the European façade network meets in Lucerne – this time for the sixth time. Good line up, good location and good networking, yes, analog and digital this time on November

Future Envelope No13

///Future Envelope No13 The “User Centered Facades” session, the no 13 of our conference “The Future Envelope”, took place on the last day of March 2021 in Delft. Actually not in reality in Delft, as it was a digital event

Future Envelope No13

///Future Envelope No13 The “User Centered Facades” session, the no 13 of our conference “The Future Envelope”, took place on the last day of March 2021 in Delft. Actually not in reality in Delft, as it was a digital event

Countercurrent Heat Exchange Building Envelope Using Ceramic Components

///Countercurrent Heat Exchange Building Envelope Using Ceramic Components Research and development in building envelope design have promoted the convergence of two system types, Thermo-Active Building Systems and Adaptive Building Envelopes, that re- conceptualize the envelope as a distributed energy transfer

Countercurrent Heat Exchange Building Envelope Using Ceramic Components

///Countercurrent Heat Exchange Building Envelope Using Ceramic Components Research and development in building envelope design have promoted the convergence of two system types, Thermo-Active Building Systems and Adaptive Building Envelopes, that re- conceptualize the envelope as a distributed energy transfer

Online Course on Circular Building Products for a Sustainable Built Environment

///Online Course on Circular Building Products for a Sustainable Built Environment  Building products play a crucial role in the transition from the linear to a circular economy. With the rapid shift towards circularity in the built environment, it is important to understand the

Online Course on Circular Building Products for a Sustainable Built Environment

///Online Course on Circular Building Products for a Sustainable Built Environment  Building products play a crucial role in the transition from the linear to a circular economy. With the rapid shift towards circularity in the built environment, it is important to understand the

PhD Defence Jason Vollen

///PhD Defence Jason Vollen Jason Vollen successfully defended his PhD, titled “Countercurrent Heat Exchange Building Envelope Using Ceramic Components” at TU Delft on September 15th. As we are still in the corona mode, this theses was defended via an hybrid

PhD Defence Jason Vollen

///PhD Defence Jason Vollen Jason Vollen successfully defended his PhD, titled “Countercurrent Heat Exchange Building Envelope Using Ceramic Components” at TU Delft on September 15th. As we are still in the corona mode, this theses was defended via an hybrid

REAL 1 – The Story of the Bucky Lab

///REAL 1 – The Story of the Bucky Lab The Bucky Lab, an MSC program at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment/ TU Delft, is a workshop where architecture students develop and build prototypes of their projects. In

REAL 1 – The Story of the Bucky Lab

///REAL 1 – The Story of the Bucky Lab The Bucky Lab, an MSC program at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment/ TU Delft, is a workshop where architecture students develop and build prototypes of their projects. In

Glass Research at ISMD / TU Darmstadt

/// Glass Research at ISMD / TU Darmstadt In 2019, the Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design at the TU Darmstadt founded a Glass Competence Center, which will be housed in a new building in 2021. But interest in our

Glass Research at ISMD / TU Darmstadt

/// Glass Research at ISMD / TU Darmstadt In 2019, the Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design at the TU Darmstadt founded a Glass Competence Center, which will be housed in a new building in 2021. But interest in our

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

Climate adaptive building shells

/// Climate adaptive building shells This blog about climate adaptive building shells is powered by Dr. Roel Loonen, research at TU Eindhoven in the filed Climate adaptive building envelopes. Nice pictures, good collection and a mix of contemporary architecture, façade technology

Climate adaptive building shells

/// Climate adaptive building shells This blog about climate adaptive building shells is powered by Dr. Roel Loonen, research at TU Eindhoven in the filed Climate adaptive building envelopes. Nice pictures, good collection and a mix of contemporary architecture, façade technology

movies from the building site

///movies from the building site This is a nice education blog: movies from the building site – developed by Marcel Bilow at TU Delft, announcing the following: Every architecture student should have been on a building site, we know it’s

movies from the building site

///movies from the building site This is a nice education blog: movies from the building site – developed by Marcel Bilow at TU Delft, announcing the following: Every architecture student should have been on a building site, we know it’s

Load management potential of thermal storage and thermal regulation effects in building components

///Load management potential of thermal storage and thermal regulation effects in building components M.Sc. Carina da Silva Technische Universität Darmstadt Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design

Load management potential of thermal storage and thermal regulation effects in building components

///Load management potential of thermal storage and thermal regulation effects in building components M.Sc. Carina da Silva Technische Universität Darmstadt Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design

Imagine Books now open access available!

/// Imagine Books now open access available! The full Imagine series is now available as open access download from BK BOOKS. Imagine is a series of publications that investigates technology and material development to provide architects and designers with ideas for

Imagine Books now open access available!

/// Imagine Books now open access available! The full Imagine series is now available as open access download from BK BOOKS. Imagine is a series of publications that investigates technology and material development to provide architects and designers with ideas for

Geveltypologie

///Geveltypologie The first video of a series about façade types, this clip by Maarten Meijs is focusing on multi-layered facades.

Geveltypologie

///Geveltypologie The first video of a series about façade types, this clip by Maarten Meijs is focusing on multi-layered facades.

Facade Anchoring

/// Facade Anchoring  Clip about facade anchoring by Maarten Meijs, Technical University Delft

Facade Anchoring

/// Facade Anchoring  Clip about facade anchoring by Maarten Meijs, Technical University Delft

PHD – Days on Circularity in the Built Environment

///PHD – Days on Circularity in the Built Environment March 13 – 15, 2017 Circularity concerns different areas such as urban design, architecture, building technology and building management. The event will bring together key expertise across the BauHow5 universities, TU

PHD – Days on Circularity in the Built Environment

///PHD – Days on Circularity in the Built Environment March 13 – 15, 2017 Circularity concerns different areas such as urban design, architecture, building technology and building management. The event will bring together key expertise across the BauHow5 universities, TU

iD 05| Insulated plaster system

/// Imagine Detail 05 – Insulated plaster system. This time, this video is for explaining how insulated plaster got fixed.

iD 05| Insulated plaster system

/// Imagine Detail 05 – Insulated plaster system. This time, this video is for explaining how insulated plaster got fixed.

iD 04| Circular Guirder

/// Imagine Detail 04 – Circular Guirder. This time Professor Knaack explains a circular girder that stiffens the top of masonry walls.

iD 04| Circular Guirder

/// Imagine Detail 04 – Circular Guirder. This time Professor Knaack explains a circular girder that stiffens the top of masonry walls.

efnMOBILE @ Luzern

/// efnMOBILE | Luzern All about interaction of environment and user – this was the focus of the fall-workshop of the efnMOBILE, held at Hochschule Luzern. Again the students of the European façade network universities in Luzern, Delft, Detmold, San

efnMOBILE @ Luzern

/// efnMOBILE | Luzern All about interaction of environment and user – this was the focus of the fall-workshop of the efnMOBILE, held at Hochschule Luzern. Again the students of the European façade network universities in Luzern, Delft, Detmold, San

imagine 07. Reimagining HOUSING

Architects much prefer to design new buildings. It gives a clear style and language, defines a position and contributes to developments in architecture. But today’s reality is that most buildings we will use in the future have already been built. We are

imagine 07. Reimagining HOUSING

Architects much prefer to design new buildings. It gives a clear style and language, defines a position and contributes to developments in architecture. But today’s reality is that most buildings we will use in the future have already been built. We are

Prefabricated Systems

/// PREFABRICATED SYSTEMS Authors : Knaack, Chung-Klatte, Hasselbach Available in: English, German Publisher: Birkhaüser For a number of years, modular construction – the use of prefabricated elements in architecture – has once again become a subject of lively discussion and debate. Long written off as

Prefabricated Systems

/// PREFABRICATED SYSTEMS Authors : Knaack, Chung-Klatte, Hasselbach Available in: English, German Publisher: Birkhaüser For a number of years, modular construction – the use of prefabricated elements in architecture – has once again become a subject of lively discussion and debate. Long written off as

Roadmap

/// The world is getting small – it seems there are no unknown territories left, mountains or deserts to explore. Technology allows us to see the world from a different perspective. It can serve to interpret exciting matters in a new

Roadmap

/// The world is getting small – it seems there are no unknown territories left, mountains or deserts to explore. Technology allows us to see the world from a different perspective. It can serve to interpret exciting matters in a new

Green & Sexy

Check this: Transsolar´s blog green and sexy – nice and well-engineered projects, upcoming themes and events .

Green & Sexy

Check this: Transsolar´s blog green and sexy – nice and well-engineered projects, upcoming themes and events .

Anisotropic Skins

/// ‘Anisotropic Skins – Fibre reinforced composites (FRC) for building skins based on examples of natural solutions’ PhD Researcher: Goeran Pohl First mentor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack

Anisotropic Skins

/// ‘Anisotropic Skins – Fibre reinforced composites (FRC) for building skins based on examples of natural solutions’ PhD Researcher: Goeran Pohl First mentor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack

Facade integrated energy generation & long term energy storing

/// ‘Facade integrated energy generation and long term energy storing – Research on autarkic buildings’ PHD Researcher: Christian Wiegel Promoter: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Co-Promoter: Dipl.-Ing. Tillmann Klein Period:  Sept 2012 – Sept 2015

Facade integrated energy generation & long term energy storing

/// ‘Facade integrated energy generation and long term energy storing – Research on autarkic buildings’ PHD Researcher: Christian Wiegel Promoter: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Co-Promoter: Dipl.-Ing. Tillmann Klein Period:  Sept 2012 – Sept 2015