Simplified analysis of façade rigger braced high-rise structures [PDF]
A simplified method of analysis for the preliminary design of tall building structures with façade riggers subjected to lateral loading is presented. A façade rigger braced structure comprises a series of interior walls and façade riggers placed in the ...
Hoenderkamp, J.C.D. +3 more
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Combining an Angle Criterion with Voxelization and the Flying Voxel Method in Reconstructing Building Models from LiDAR Data [PDF]
Traditional documentation capabilities of laser scanning technology can be further exploited for urban modeling through the transformation of resulting point clouds into solid models compatible for computational analysis.
Hinks, Tommy +7 more
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Towards a Human Centred Approach for Adaptive Façades
Adaptive façades are multifunctional systems that are able to change their functions, features, or behaviour over time in response to changing boundary conditions or performance requirements. As one of the significant developments in the façade industry
Mine Koyaz +3 more
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The façade design management. [PDF]
A complexidade do subsistema fachada está relacionada à dificuldade de gerenciamento de todas as etapas que antecedem sua montagem na obra. Nesse contexto, o objetivo deste trabalho é propor recomendações em todas as etapas de desenvolvimento do processo
Cintia Aparecida da Silva Vedovello +1 more
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Fractal Dimension Calculation and Visual Attention Simulation: Assessing the Visual Character of an Architectural Façade [PDF]
The design of a building façade has a significant impact on the way people respond to it physiologically and behaviourally. Few methods are available to assist an architect to understand such impacts during the design process.
Michael J. Ostwald, Ju Hyun Lee
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The effect of colour on the thermal performance of building integrated solar collectors [PDF]
The use of solar collectors with coloured absorbers for water heating is an area of particular interest when considering their integration with buildings.
Carson, James K. +2 more
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Ventilated façade systems. Design and workmanship faults affecting the functionality and safe use [PDF]
Ventilated facade systems are increasingly used in modern construction industry. It is connected with a wide range of available wall claddings which allow to create distinctive architectural buildings (ventilated facade system made of fiber cement sheets
Kopyłow Ołeksij
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Comparative Overview on LCA Software Programs for Application in the Façade Design Process
Façades impact the environmental performance of a building by their passive contribution to operational energy demand and by embodied energy and emissions during each life cycle phase.
Rebecca Bach +2 more
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Flexible Transparency - a Study on Adaptive Thin Glass Façade Panels
Chemically strengthened thin glass (t < 2 mm) is a material that is stronger and due to its small thickness, more flexible than conventional window glass.
Rafael Ribeiro Silveira +2 more
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A Holistic Decision Support Tool for Façade Design [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to present a tool which will support decision-makers of façade design process while giving decisions on façade parameters to consider their interactions with functional performance issues.
Ulrich Knaack +5 more
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