Posts Tagged: technology

Micro-shingles

/// Micro-shingles IMAGINED BY: Lisa Rammig DATE: 30/11/2009 KEYWORDS: self-organizing, ventilation, moving, self-cleaning, interactive, adapting, envelope, building physics PERFORMANCE: weather adaptability This micro structure has the ability to adapt to current weather conditions. During dry and sunny conditions, it is open and air

Micro-shingles

/// Micro-shingles IMAGINED BY: Lisa Rammig DATE: 30/11/2009 KEYWORDS: self-organizing, ventilation, moving, self-cleaning, interactive, adapting, envelope, building physics PERFORMANCE: weather adaptability This micro structure has the ability to adapt to current weather conditions. During dry and sunny conditions, it is open and air

Liquid façade

///Liquid façade IMAGINED BY: Francesco Goia DATE: 25/11/2009 KEYWORDS: water storage, façade, energy storage, system PERFORMANCE: energy storage The idea of a liquid façade is not new; water inside a façade layer absorbs solar energy, thus reducing the temperature of the indoor

Liquid façade

///Liquid façade IMAGINED BY: Francesco Goia DATE: 25/11/2009 KEYWORDS: water storage, façade, energy storage, system PERFORMANCE: energy storage The idea of a liquid façade is not new; water inside a façade layer absorbs solar energy, thus reducing the temperature of the indoor

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

Foam screen

/// Foam screen IMAGINED BY: imagine Klappergassenworkshop DATE: 13/03/2009 KEYWORDS: foam, structure, building material, analysis, 3D Printing, Performance shading This idea to add a layer of foam to the window or façade element evolved from searching for ways to direct incident light. By

Foam screen

/// Foam screen IMAGINED BY: imagine Klappergassenworkshop DATE: 13/03/2009 KEYWORDS: foam, structure, building material, analysis, 3D Printing, Performance shading This idea to add a layer of foam to the window or façade element evolved from searching for ways to direct incident light. By

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

Advection Based Adaptive Building Envelopes

Component surface morphology and entropy management of a ceramic building façade. PROJECT INFORMATION PhD Researcher: Jason Oliver Vollen, RA First Mentor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack, Prof. Dr. Ing Tillmann Klein Period: 2013-16  

Advection Based Adaptive Building Envelopes

Component surface morphology and entropy management of a ceramic building façade. PROJECT INFORMATION PhD Researcher: Jason Oliver Vollen, RA First Mentor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack, Prof. Dr. Ing Tillmann Klein Period: 2013-16  

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.

Movewindow

/// Movewindow Concept of an moving window within an insulated layered system. Developed during an imagine workshop at TU Delft.

Movewindow

/// Movewindow Concept of an moving window within an insulated layered system. Developed during an imagine workshop at TU Delft.

Interactive light sculpture

/// Interactive light sculpture IMAGINED BY: Leland Curtis, guided by U. Knaack, T. Klein, and M. Bilow Part of the Future Envelope class at Penn State University DATE: 21/02/2011 KEYWORDS: structure, glass, light, moving, transparency Performance: interactivity The façade attempts to absorb

Interactive light sculpture

/// Interactive light sculpture IMAGINED BY: Leland Curtis, guided by U. Knaack, T. Klein, and M. Bilow Part of the Future Envelope class at Penn State University DATE: 21/02/2011 KEYWORDS: structure, glass, light, moving, transparency Performance: interactivity The façade attempts to absorb

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:

Bloom solar shading

/// Bloom solar shading IMAGINED BY: Mahzad Tashakori, guided by U. Knaack, T. Klein, and M. Bilow Part of the Future Envelope class at Penn State University DATE: 05/02/2011 KEYWORDS: dynamic, shading, pattern, bio inspired, façade Performance: shading The idea is to

Bloom solar shading

/// Bloom solar shading IMAGINED BY: Mahzad Tashakori, guided by U. Knaack, T. Klein, and M. Bilow Part of the Future Envelope class at Penn State University DATE: 05/02/2011 KEYWORDS: dynamic, shading, pattern, bio inspired, façade Performance: shading The idea is to

Norddeutsche Landesbank administration center Hannover (D)

/// Norddeutsche Landesbank administration center Hannover (D) Building owner: Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Hannover Completion / Occupation: 04/2002 Building area: 77.000 m² Architect: Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner, Stuttgart Structural engineer: Arge Wetzel + von Seht, Hamburg; Pfefferkorn + Partner, Stuttgart Façade: Erich

Norddeutsche Landesbank administration center Hannover (D)

/// Norddeutsche Landesbank administration center Hannover (D) Building owner: Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Hannover Completion / Occupation: 04/2002 Building area: 77.000 m² Architect: Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner, Stuttgart Structural engineer: Arge Wetzel + von Seht, Hamburg; Pfefferkorn + Partner, Stuttgart Façade: Erich

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,

imagine computation

  /// imagine computation http://www.imagine-computation.com/en/ The imagine computation GmbH was founded in August 2011 as an innovative company applying new computational methods to architectural construction and design. They provide services in the fields of 3D planning, custom programming and optimization for manufacturing. Through

imagine computation

  /// imagine computation http://www.imagine-computation.com/en/ The imagine computation GmbH was founded in August 2011 as an innovative company applying new computational methods to architectural construction and design. They provide services in the fields of 3D planning, custom programming and optimization for manufacturing. Through

Urban space envelope

/// Urban space envelope IMAGINED BY: Behnisch Architects in cooperation with imagine structures and imagine envelope DATE: 25/09/2007 KEYWORDS: umbrella, structure, climate, sustainability, comfort Performance: space coverage This roof concept was developed for a competition in Rome. The goal was to create

Urban space envelope

/// Urban space envelope IMAGINED BY: Behnisch Architects in cooperation with imagine structures and imagine envelope DATE: 25/09/2007 KEYWORDS: umbrella, structure, climate, sustainability, comfort Performance: space coverage This roof concept was developed for a competition in Rome. The goal was to create

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

Stylos Pavilion

/// Stylos Pavilion  Competition, design, and realisation of the new Stylos Pavilion Every five years the society of architecture students of Delft, STYLOS, holds a competition among students to design a pavilion for common use. The chair Design of Construction guided

Stylos Pavilion

/// Stylos Pavilion  Competition, design, and realisation of the new Stylos Pavilion Every five years the society of architecture students of Delft, STYLOS, holds a competition among students to design a pavilion for common use. The chair Design of Construction guided

Journal of Façade design and Engineering 1 (2013) 1

///Journal of Façade design and Engineering 1 (2013) 1 Journal Link We are delighted to announce the launch of the Journal of Facade Design and Engineering. It is the result of an ongoing discussion with colleagues from our discipline about the

Journal of Façade design and Engineering 1 (2013) 1

///Journal of Façade design and Engineering 1 (2013) 1 Journal Link We are delighted to announce the launch of the Journal of Facade Design and Engineering. It is the result of an ongoing discussion with colleagues from our discipline about the

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

House of the future

/// House of the future IMAGINED BY: Behnisch Architects in cooperation with M. Bilow and U. Knaack DATE: 13/07/2007 KEYWORDS: structure, façade, modules, functions, adaptability Performance: adaptability This building was developed for the campus of IIT in Chicago with the purpose

House of the future

/// House of the future IMAGINED BY: Behnisch Architects in cooperation with M. Bilow and U. Knaack DATE: 13/07/2007 KEYWORDS: structure, façade, modules, functions, adaptability Performance: adaptability This building was developed for the campus of IIT in Chicago with the purpose

imagine group

///imagine group http://www.imagine-group.eu/ Imagine Group is a network of teachers and constructors – of builders, structural planners and climate designers. The group sees itself as a merger of educational, research and planning institutions working on conceptual and experimental solutions for

imagine group

///imagine group http://www.imagine-group.eu/ Imagine Group is a network of teachers and constructors – of builders, structural planners and climate designers. The group sees itself as a merger of educational, research and planning institutions working on conceptual and experimental solutions for

DIALOGUE/DISPLAY

/// DIALOGUE/DISPLAY IMAGINED BY: Miriam Lott, guided by U. Knaack, T. Klein, and M. Bilow Part of the Future Envelope class at Penn State University DATE: 09/04/2011 KEYWORDS: flexible paper, display, moving elements, façade Performance: accessibility This façade works as both a

DIALOGUE/DISPLAY

/// DIALOGUE/DISPLAY IMAGINED BY: Miriam Lott, guided by U. Knaack, T. Klein, and M. Bilow Part of the Future Envelope class at Penn State University DATE: 09/04/2011 KEYWORDS: flexible paper, display, moving elements, façade Performance: accessibility This façade works as both a

efnMOBIL

///efnMOBIL european façade network MOBIL – efnMOBIL work program „emerging envelopes“ 2013-2016 powered by Alcoa Foundation and Architecture for Humanity a cooperation of: TU Delft / the Netherlands Faculty of Architecture Prof Dr. Ing Ulrich Knaack and Hochschule Ost Westphalen-Lippe

efnMOBIL

///efnMOBIL european façade network MOBIL – efnMOBIL work program „emerging envelopes“ 2013-2016 powered by Alcoa Foundation and Architecture for Humanity a cooperation of: TU Delft / the Netherlands Faculty of Architecture Prof Dr. Ing Ulrich Knaack and Hochschule Ost Westphalen-Lippe

Construction Lab – Hochschule Detmold

/// Construction Lab – Hochschule Detmold http://www.hs-owl.de/fb1/en/forschung/constructionlab.html Construction Lab is a combination of prominent facilitates, which gives a hand in a lot of ongoing researches and projects.

Construction Lab – Hochschule Detmold

/// Construction Lab – Hochschule Detmold http://www.hs-owl.de/fb1/en/forschung/constructionlab.html Construction Lab is a combination of prominent facilitates, which gives a hand in a lot of ongoing researches and projects.

Dolce Vita Tejo Lisbon, Portugal

///Dolce Vita Tejo Lisbon, Portugal Client: Charmartin Completion: May 2009 Building area: 46.000 m² Architect: RTKL, London; Promontorio, Lisbon Structural: Atelier One, London Heating, Ventilation, Plumbing: LMSA, Lisbon Climate Engineering: Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH Thomas Auer, Friedemann Kik, Markus Krauss Brief The design

Dolce Vita Tejo Lisbon, Portugal

///Dolce Vita Tejo Lisbon, Portugal Client: Charmartin Completion: May 2009 Building area: 46.000 m² Architect: RTKL, London; Promontorio, Lisbon Structural: Atelier One, London Heating, Ventilation, Plumbing: LMSA, Lisbon Climate Engineering: Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH Thomas Auer, Friedemann Kik, Markus Krauss Brief The design