A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
This chapter introduces advances in facades, HVAC and lighting systems, building automation systems (BAS), sensors and controls, and discusses how these systems are influencing the design and performance of innovative buildings, and the implementation in various case studies. The chapter also introduces advances in construction techniques, primarily prefabrication and modular construction, automation and robotics used for fabrication, and the installation and assembly of building components and buildings. The air‐filled cushions are maintained by pumps at a constant air pressure, relative to wind loads, letting the skin adjust in response to the varying loads. Eethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) is a combustible material and its flammability is inherently low because of the presence of fluorine in its chemical structures. Selection of the type of the glazing, the width and partitioning of the air cavity and the ventilation mode depends on climate, building orientation and design requirements. The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Design Hub was designed by Sean Godsell Architects. It is enclosed with a double‐skin facade, the outer layer of which consists of more than 16,000 individually mounted translucent glass discs, repeated on all four building orientations. The chapter discusses Perkins+Will, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance, Fort Worth; University of Waterloo, Ryerson University and Simon Fraser University, North House; and University of Waterloo, Ryerson University and Simon Fraser University.
This chapter introduces advances in facades, HVAC and lighting systems, building automation systems (BAS), sensors and controls, and discusses how these systems are influencing the design and performance of innovative buildings, and the implementation in various case studies. The chapter also introduces advances in construction techniques, primarily prefabrication and modular construction, automation and robotics used for fabrication, and the installation and assembly of building components and buildings. The air‐filled cushions are maintained by pumps at a constant air pressure, relative to wind loads, letting the skin adjust in response to the varying loads. Eethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) is a combustible material and its flammability is inherently low because of the presence of fluorine in its chemical structures. Selection of the type of the glazing, the width and partitioning of the air cavity and the ventilation mode depends on climate, building orientation and design requirements. The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Design Hub was designed by Sean Godsell Architects. It is enclosed with a double‐skin facade, the outer layer of which consists of more than 16,000 individually mounted translucent glass discs, repeated on all four building orientations. The chapter discusses Perkins+Will, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance, Fort Worth; University of Waterloo, Ryerson University and Simon Fraser University, North House; and University of Waterloo, Ryerson University and Simon Fraser University.
Technological Innovations
Aksamija, Ajla (author)
Integrating Innovation in Architecture ; 128-169
2016-11-28
42 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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