Posts Tagged: materials

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 their

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 their

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

efnMOBILE Workshop: TEXTILE BUILDING SKIN

///efnMOBILE Workshop: TEXTILE BUILDING SKIN (Smart) textile structures and façades have a long tradition in architecture due to their lightweight properties, geometrical flexibility and resource efficiency. With new developments by a combination of different materials within textiles, various requirements in

efnMOBILE Workshop: TEXTILE BUILDING SKIN

///efnMOBILE Workshop: TEXTILE BUILDING SKIN (Smart) textile structures and façades have a long tradition in architecture due to their lightweight properties, geometrical flexibility and resource efficiency. With new developments by a combination of different materials within textiles, various requirements in

iD08| Facade cladding materials

/// Imagine Detail 08 – Facade cladding materials. This interesting video shows various facade cladding materials that had been used in some of dutch housing projects.

iD08| Facade cladding materials

/// Imagine Detail 08 – Facade cladding materials. This interesting video shows various facade cladding materials that had been used in some of dutch housing projects.

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

Strategic investment of embodied energy during the architectural planning process

/// Strategic investment of embodied energy during the architectural planning process. See link here. PhD researcher: Linda Hildebrand Promoter: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Co-promoter: Prof. Dr. Ir Andy van den Dobbelsteen Period: Sept 2009 – July 2014

Strategic investment of embodied energy during the architectural planning process

/// Strategic investment of embodied energy during the architectural planning process. See link here. PhD researcher: Linda Hildebrand Promoter: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Co-promoter: Prof. Dr. Ir Andy van den Dobbelsteen Period: Sept 2009 – July 2014

Gina

/// Gina BMW´s Gina – a concept car with an really interesting envelope concept.

Gina

/// Gina BMW´s Gina – a concept car with an really interesting envelope concept.

TRANSSOLAR

/// TRANSSOLAR http://www.transsolar.com/ Transsolar is a climate engineering firm whose scope is to ensure the highest possible comfort in the built environment with the lowest possible impact on the environment. This is accomplished by developing and validating climate and energy

TRANSSOLAR

/// TRANSSOLAR http://www.transsolar.com/ Transsolar is a climate engineering firm whose scope is to ensure the highest possible comfort in the built environment with the lowest possible impact on the environment. This is accomplished by developing and validating climate and energy

Deform and Connect

  /// Deform and connect: The third optional course, that has been held by the teaching stuff of ” Design and Construction ” department in “Detmold School for architecture and interior design” under guidance of Prof.Dr.-Ing Urlich Knaack, was not

Deform and Connect

  /// Deform and connect: The third optional course, that has been held by the teaching stuff of ” Design and Construction ” department in “Detmold School for architecture and interior design” under guidance of Prof.Dr.-Ing Urlich Knaack, was not

Concretable 3D-Another brick in the wall

  /// Façade element – Concreteable 3D – Another brick in the wall: After the huge success of the optional course ” Concretable”, In winter semester 12/13 anther course “Concretable 3D – Another brick in the wall” had been started

Concretable 3D-Another brick in the wall

  /// Façade element – Concreteable 3D – Another brick in the wall: After the huge success of the optional course ” Concretable”, In winter semester 12/13 anther course “Concretable 3D – Another brick in the wall” had been started

Material and time efficient concrete shuttering

/// Material and time efficient concrete shuttering. PhD Researcher: Sascha Hickert First Mentor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Period: 2012-15 Funded by: 1st, 3rd and 4th money stream

Material and time efficient concrete shuttering

/// Material and time efficient concrete shuttering. PhD Researcher: Sascha Hickert First Mentor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Period: 2012-15 Funded by: 1st, 3rd and 4th money stream

Imagine 05 – Energy

Climate design and climate engineering are nowadays standard in the design process. the more successful we are in this, the less energy we need to run the building during its useful life and we focus instead on an additional aspect:

Imagine 05 – Energy

Climate design and climate engineering are nowadays standard in the design process. the more successful we are in this, the less energy we need to run the building during its useful life and we focus instead on an additional aspect:

European Research Network on Structural Glass

/// The European Research Network on Structural Glass  The research network (COST Action TU0905) was launched in Brussels on the 7th and 8th of April 2010 with aim of unifying ongoing research activities within the European research community and fostering

European Research Network on Structural Glass

/// The European Research Network on Structural Glass  The research network (COST Action TU0905) was launched in Brussels on the 7th and 8th of April 2010 with aim of unifying ongoing research activities within the European research community and fostering

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

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.

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