Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative Technologies and Research Trajectories provides a comprehensive collection of the most relevant and forward-looking research in the field of façade design and construction today, with a focus on both product and process innovation. The book brings together the expertise, creativity, and critical thinking of more than fifty global innovators from both academia and industry, to guide the reader in translating research into practice. It identifies new opportunities for the construction sector to respond to present challenges, towards a more sustainable, efficient, connected, and safe future.
1. Rethinking Building Skins - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Contents - p. Page vi 7. List of contributors - p. Page vii 8. Foreword - p. Page vii 9. Preface - p. Page ix 10. Acknowledgements - p. Page xii 11. List of Illustrations - p. Page xiv 12. List of Tables - p. Page xv 13. 1 : Façade innovation: between ‘product’ and ‘process’ - p. Page xv 14. 2 : Façade innovation: an industry perspective - p. Page 12 15. 3 : Urban overheating mitigation through facades: the role of new and innovative cool coatings - p. Page 57 16. 4 : The pursuit of transparency - p. Page 79 17. 5 : Advanced fenestration—technologies, performance and building integration - p. Page 114 18. 6 : Embedding intelligence to control adaptive building envelopes - p. Page 144 19. 7 : Biomimetic adaptive building skins: design and performance - p. Page 175 20. 8 : Building integrated photovoltaic facades: challenges, opportunities and innovations - p. Page 196 21. 9 : Unitized Timber Envelopes: the future generation of sustainable, high-performance, industrialized facades for construction decarbonization - p. Page 224 22. 10 : Industrialized renovation of the building envelope: realizing the potential to decarbonize the European building stock - p. Page 254 23. 11 : Vertical farming on facades: transforming building skins for urban food security - p. Page 278 24. 12 : Interactive media facades—research prototypes, application areas and future directions - p. Page 306 25. 13 : The building envelope: failing to understand complexity in tall building design - p. Page 334 26. 14 : Resilience by design: building facades for tomorrow - p. Page 356 27. 15 : Inverse design for advanced building envelope materials, systems and operation - p. Page 373 28. 16 : Towards automated design: knowledge-based engineering in facades - p. Page 400 29. 17 : Additive manufacturing in skin systems: trends and future perspectives - p. Page 422 30. 18 : Mass customization as the convergent vision for the digital transformation of the manufacturing and the building industry - p. Page 443 31. 19 : Automation and robotic technologies in the construction context: research experiences in prefabricated façade modules - p. Page 469 32. 20 : Life cycle assessment in façade design - p. Page 492 33. 21 : Circular economy in facades - p. Page 515 34. 22 : Facades-as-a-Service: a business and supply-chain model for the implementation of a circular façade economy - p. Page 533 35. Afterword - p. Page 557 36. Index - p. Page 560
Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative Technologies and Research Trajectories provides a comprehensive collection of the most relevant and forward-looking research in the field of façade design and construction today, with a focus on both product and process innovation. The book brings together the expertise, creativity, and critical thinking of more than fifty global innovators from both academia and industry, to guide the reader in translating research into practice. It identifies new opportunities for the construction sector to respond to present challenges, towards a more sustainable, efficient, connected, and safe future.
1. Rethinking Building Skins - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Contents - p. Page vi 7. List of contributors - p. Page vii 8. Foreword - p. Page vii 9. Preface - p. Page ix 10. Acknowledgements - p. Page xii 11. List of Illustrations - p. Page xiv 12. List of Tables - p. Page xv 13. 1 : Façade innovation: between ‘product’ and ‘process’ - p. Page xv 14. 2 : Façade innovation: an industry perspective - p. Page 12 15. 3 : Urban overheating mitigation through facades: the role of new and innovative cool coatings - p. Page 57 16. 4 : The pursuit of transparency - p. Page 79 17. 5 : Advanced fenestration—technologies, performance and building integration - p. Page 114 18. 6 : Embedding intelligence to control adaptive building envelopes - p. Page 144 19. 7 : Biomimetic adaptive building skins: design and performance - p. Page 175 20. 8 : Building integrated photovoltaic facades: challenges, opportunities and innovations - p. Page 196 21. 9 : Unitized Timber Envelopes: the future generation of sustainable, high-performance, industrialized facades for construction decarbonization - p. Page 224 22. 10 : Industrialized renovation of the building envelope: realizing the potential to decarbonize the European building stock - p. Page 254 23. 11 : Vertical farming on facades: transforming building skins for urban food security - p. Page 278 24. 12 : Interactive media facades—research prototypes, application areas and future directions - p. Page 306 25. 13 : The building envelope: failing to understand complexity in tall building design - p. Page 334 26. 14 : Resilience by design: building facades for tomorrow - p. Page 356 27. 15 : Inverse design for advanced building envelope materials, systems and operation - p. Page 373 28. 16 : Towards automated design: knowledge-based engineering in facades - p. Page 400 29. 17 : Additive manufacturing in skin systems: trends and future perspectives - p. Page 422 30. 18 : Mass customization as the convergent vision for the digital transformation of the manufacturing and the building industry - p. Page 443 31. 19 : Automation and robotic technologies in the construction context: research experiences in prefabricated façade modules - p. Page 469 32. 20 : Life cycle assessment in façade design - p. Page 492 33. 21 : Circular economy in facades - p. Page 515 34. 22 : Facades-as-a-Service: a business and supply-chain model for the implementation of a circular façade economy - p. Page 533 35. Afterword - p. Page 557 36. Index - p. Page 560
