Posts Tagged: design

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

Integral Massive Facades

/// Integral Massive Facades. Integrating building functions into massive building envelopes. Project leader: Ahmed Hafez Executed by: Ahmed Hafez Period: April 2011 – April 2015

Integral Massive Facades

/// Integral Massive Facades. Integrating building functions into massive building envelopes. Project leader: Ahmed Hafez Executed by: Ahmed Hafez Period: April 2011 – April 2015

Multiskin Facade Design for High-rise Buildings in Turkey

/// Multiskin Facade Design for High-rise Buildings in Turkey. A Design study with Multiskins in Eastern Mediterranean Metropoles. PhD researcher: Dipl. Ing. H.Kaan Kuran Promoter: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Co-promoter: Dr. Ing. Tillmann Klein Period: Feb 2013 – Feb

Multiskin Facade Design for High-rise Buildings in Turkey

/// Multiskin Facade Design for High-rise Buildings in Turkey. A Design study with Multiskins in Eastern Mediterranean Metropoles. PhD researcher: Dipl. Ing. H.Kaan Kuran Promoter: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Co-promoter: Dr. Ing. Tillmann Klein Period: Feb 2013 – Feb

Complex Geometry Concrete panels

/// Complex Geometry Concrete panels Complex Geometry GFRC in landmark building and development of new design solution which will enable more complexity with GFRC. Project leader: Thomas Henriksen, M.Sc Eng Executed by: Thomas Henriksen Period: Nov 2010 – Nov 2016

Complex Geometry Concrete panels

/// Complex Geometry Concrete panels Complex Geometry GFRC in landmark building and development of new design solution which will enable more complexity with GFRC. Project leader: Thomas Henriksen, M.Sc Eng Executed by: Thomas Henriksen Period: Nov 2010 – Nov 2016

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

Acoustic effective Facade design

/// ‘Acoustic effective Facade Design– The environmental and constructive effects of introducing acoustic-potent structures to high-rise facades’ PhD Researcher: Jochen Krimm First mentor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Second mentor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Holger Techen Period: 2012-2016 .

Acoustic effective Facade design

/// ‘Acoustic effective Facade Design– The environmental and constructive effects of introducing acoustic-potent structures to high-rise facades’ PhD Researcher: Jochen Krimm First mentor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Second mentor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Holger Techen Period: 2012-2016 .

Strategic investment of embodied energy in the architectural planning process

/// ‘Strategic investment of embodied energy in the architectural planning process’ PHD Researcher: Linda Hildebrand First Mentor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Period:  2009 – 2012 Technical University of Delft .

Strategic investment of embodied energy in the architectural planning process

/// ‘Strategic investment of embodied energy in the architectural planning process’ PHD Researcher: Linda Hildebrand First Mentor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Period:  2009 – 2012 Technical University of Delft .

Rapids

Processes of construction are related to available technologies of production and assembly. Internet Technologies (IT)  have made a deep impact on design possibilities and the control of production logistics – enabling feats much as freeform architecture and increasingly precise elaboration.

Rapids

Processes of construction are related to available technologies of production and assembly. Internet Technologies (IT)  have made a deep impact on design possibilities and the control of production logistics – enabling feats much as freeform architecture and increasingly precise elaboration.

Components & Connections

/// Components and Connections – Principles of Construction Authors : Meijs, Maarten, Knaack, Ulrich Publisher: Birkhaüser Every building is composed of parts, or components, that may be organized in various ways. For example, there are different ways to configure walls

Components & Connections

/// Components and Connections – Principles of Construction Authors : Meijs, Maarten, Knaack, Ulrich Publisher: Birkhaüser Every building is composed of parts, or components, that may be organized in various ways. For example, there are different ways to configure walls

Call for papers – New Journal of Facade Design & Engineering

The Facade Design and Engineering is an international, peer reviewed, open access journal, focusing on the following topics: >Architecture >Building Engineering >Structural Design >Climate Design >Energy Generation >Building Services Engineering >Building Physics >Design Management >Facility Management The journal is primarily

Call for papers – New Journal of Facade Design & Engineering

The Facade Design and Engineering is an international, peer reviewed, open access journal, focusing on the following topics: >Architecture >Building Engineering >Structural Design >Climate Design >Energy Generation >Building Services Engineering >Building Physics >Design Management >Facility Management The journal is primarily

Performance driven envelopes

The impact of climate design on architecture is obvious. But design trends are currently attempting to implement climate design merely as an additional item in architectonic planning. The alternative is to start with an architectural attitude that will produce a

Performance driven envelopes

The impact of climate design on architecture is obvious. But design trends are currently attempting to implement climate design merely as an additional item in architectonic planning. The alternative is to start with an architectural attitude that will produce a

Integral Facade Construction

///‘Integral Facade Construction – Towards a new product architecture for curtain walls’ PHD Researcher: Tillmann Klein First Mentor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Second Mentor: Prof. Dr. ir. Mick Eeckhout Period 2006-2012 .

Integral Facade Construction

///‘Integral Facade Construction – Towards a new product architecture for curtain walls’ PHD Researcher: Tillmann Klein First Mentor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Second Mentor: Prof. Dr. ir. Mick Eeckhout Period 2006-2012 .

Heizkraftwerk in Aachen

  The Heizkraftwerk in Aachen is a former power station within the university campus that was converted into a seminar and lecture hall. The concept was to keep the outline and the main structure while giving a new and fresh appearance.

Heizkraftwerk in Aachen

  The Heizkraftwerk in Aachen is a former power station within the university campus that was converted into a seminar and lecture hall. The concept was to keep the outline and the main structure while giving a new and fresh appearance.

Vertical City

Watching a highrise grow in the city is always something very interesting, seeing it from the inside during the construction phase is even more exciting. We went out high with Kees van Casteren / project architect from OMA Architects to

Vertical City

Watching a highrise grow in the city is always something very interesting, seeing it from the inside during the construction phase is even more exciting. We went out high with Kees van Casteren / project architect from OMA Architects to

Bucky Lab

This blog is dedicated to the Bucky Lab from the TU Delft. Within the master course the students design, develop and at the end build architecture and building construction related prototypes. Its a “get your hands dirty” approach in which

Bucky Lab

This blog is dedicated to the Bucky Lab from the TU Delft. Within the master course the students design, develop and at the end build architecture and building construction related prototypes. Its a “get your hands dirty” approach in which

Deflate-ables

Pneumatic structures have been thoroughly investigated and developed during the 60’s. However, the energy crisis and aesthetic developments prevented this type of structures from becoming part of the mainstream construction methods. Nowadays these structures are typically used in special areas

Deflate-ables

Pneumatic structures have been thoroughly investigated and developed during the 60’s. However, the energy crisis and aesthetic developments prevented this type of structures from becoming part of the mainstream construction methods. Nowadays these structures are typically used in special areas

Imagine facades

The facade technology of the 20th century is related to the dissolution of the massive wall into a separation of structure and facade. Looking at the development of facade technology now, after 60 years of curtain wall systems, 30 years

Imagine facades

The facade technology of the 20th century is related to the dissolution of the massive wall into a separation of structure and facade. Looking at the development of facade technology now, after 60 years of curtain wall systems, 30 years

Container Facade

A random picture of stacked containers shows the potentials for fast and easy facade construction out of recycled shipping containers. The container units have been used in multiple examples in architecture with successful and non successful results. It is a

Container Facade

A random picture of stacked containers shows the potentials for fast and easy facade construction out of recycled shipping containers. The container units have been used in multiple examples in architecture with successful and non successful results. It is a