FACADE   T E C T O N I C S   #8

 

June 28 – July 1, 2012

Los Angeles, California, USA

 

 

 

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Thursday, June 28, 2012:  Registration, Software Tutorials, Committee Meetings, Steering Committee Meeting, Evening Reception

Friday, June 29, 2012: Presentations

Saturday, June 30, 2012: Presentations

Sunday, July 1, 2012: Guided walking tour of downtown Los Angeles facades

 

REGISTRATION: http://www.uscarchitecture.com/facades

 

PARTIAL LIST OF PRESENTATIONS AND SPEAKERS

CURTAIN WALLING WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE INSULATION: Vacuum Insulated Panel (VIP) Solutions as a Means of Meeting Future Energy Performance Requirements.

Mikkel Kragh, PhD MSc CEng MCIBSE FSFE, Global Faade and Architectural Design Leader, Dow Corning Europe S.A.

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STRATEGIES IN OVERCLADDING: A Case Study of One Indiana Square

            Aleksandar Sasha Zeljic, AIA, Senior Designer, Faade Design Leader, Gensler

SAVE BUILDINGS WITH ENCLOSURE MODERNIZATION: A Sustainable Approach for Addressing Our Existing Building Stock

            James C. Parker, S.E., Senior Principal,  Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.

THE DYNAMIC DOUBLE FACADE: An Integrated Approach to High-Performance Envelopes

            William Miller, PhD. Research Professor in the College of Engineering, University of Tennessee

            James Rose, AIA, Senior Lecturer in the College of Architecture and Design, University of Tennessee

            Edgar Stach, AIA/IA, Professor and Director of the Instutute for Smart Structures, College of Architecture and Design, Univ of Tennessee

            Kate Armstrong, Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of Architecture and Design, University of Tennessee

DETAILING FOR DRIFT: Accommodating Seismic Movement in the Detailing of Glazing Systems

            Greg Millward, ACE, Engineering Department Project Manager, Arcadia, Inc.

            Stephanie Oestreich, CDT, LEED AP, Architectural Development & Project Manager, Arcadia, Inc.

ENGINEERING OF STRUCTURAL SILICONE: Composite and Load-Sharing Elements for Building Skins

            Mark Dannettel, Vice President  / Building Skin Consultant, Thornton Tomasetti Inc.

NEXT OF SKIN: Harnessing Delight, the Sun and Its Light

            Michael B. Lehrer, FAIA, President, Lehrer Architects LA, Inc.

                        Partner, LAWRL Design, LLP

                        President, Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles

                        Adjunct Faculty, University of Southern California

                        Board of Directors, Harvard Alumni Association, representing the Graduate School of Design

SOLAR REFLECTIVITY STUDIES (Exterior Glare): Case Study: Lotte World Tower

            Speaker: Vicente Montes-Amoros, P.E., Msc. Facade Engineering, LEED AP BD+C, Facade Engineer at CDC  (Curtain Wall Design and Consulting)

            Co-Author: Charles D. Clift, P.E., Fellow ASCE, President, CDC (Curtain Wall Design and Consulting)

OPTIMIZING CLIMATE FACADES: How to Get the Most Out of a Climate Faade in Different Climates

            Peter Simmonds Ph.D., Head of the Advanced Technology Group, IBE Consulting Engineers

DAYLIGHT HARVESTING + CONTROL:  Using Convertible Membrane Facade Geometries

            Simon Chiu, Ph.D. Student, University of Southern California and M.Eng. student, Vienna University of Technology

DYNAMIC FACADES: The Route to Zero Energy Buildings Without Compromising Architectural Design or Occupant Comfort

            Helen Sanders, Ph.D., Vice-President, Technical Business Development

            Louis Podbelski, AIA, Vice President, Architectural Solutions, SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.

HIGH PERFORMANCE LAMINATED GLASS FOR STRUCTURALLY EFFICIENT GLAZING

            Stephen J. Bennison, Ph.D., E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc.

            Valerie L. Block, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc.

            David F Kristunas, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc.

ARCHITECTURAL PLANT-CAST CONCRETE CLADDING: Design and Sustainable Benefits of High-Performance Precast Envelopes

            Douglas M. Mooradian, AIA, LEED AP, Executive Director, PCI West

                        Representing PCl, the Precast/ Prestressed Concrete lnstitute, in CA

AAC TEXTILE BLOCK SYSTEM: Form Finding and Structural Investigations Using Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Assemblies

            Lawrence Blough, Principal, GRAFTWORKS Design Research and Associate Professor, Pratt Institute School of Architecture

HARMONIZING TO PROMOTE HEALING: Using Integrated Design to Deliver a High Efficiency Inpatient Tower

            Stacey Hooper AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Associate Principal HMC Architects

            Karen Mozes, MS Engineering, LEED AP BD+C, Principal Green Dinosaur Inc. 

RISK REWARD REWIND: Essential Steps in Completing Successful Design/Build Facades

            Alex Korter RIBA LEED AP BD+C, Senior Associate, CO Architects

PDC RED BUILDING FACADE DESIGN: An Executive Architects Perspective

            Debra Gerod, AIA, Partner, Gruen Associates

ACOUSTIC DETAILING AT THE FAADE: Sound Flanking Transmission at Curtain Wall Systems

            Matt Williams, RIBA, Americas Facades Practice Leader at Arup

            Elizabeth Valmont, Assoc. AIA LEED AP BD+C, Acoustic Consultant at Arup

THE SOUMAYA MUSEUM: A Case Study in the Discontinuities that Generate Continuous Form

            Matthew Fineout, Founding Partner, SMART Architecture, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University

SYNCRETIC GEOMETRY: Scaling the Infinite and the Temporal

            Kris Mun, Director of studioMUN, Visiting Assistant Professor at USC

            Yi-Ching Liu, Director of CLOUD studio

MANIPULATING THE EXTERIOR NARRATIVE: Translating Institutional Visions for Higher Education into Facade Tectonics

            Daniel Benjamin, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal, Design Leader, Harley Ellis Devereaux

            Michael Bulander, LEED AP BD+C, Associate, Senior Designer, Harley Ellis Devereaux

MOTOPIA DEPLOYED: Strategies for the Language of Movement in the Age of Off-Site Construction

            Jennifer Siegal, Principal and Founder, Office of Mobile Design, and Visiting Professor, USC

BENEATH THE SURFACE: Planning a Green Roof for High Performance Buildings

            Tony Moretti FAIA CSI, Principal, CO Architects

            Kevin Kavanagh AIA, Associate, CO Architects

FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE POST BEARING WALL AGE: Our Thinking So Far

            Jim Favaro, Johnson Favaro Architecture and Urban Design

PURELY STRUCTURAL GLASS BUILDING ENVELOPES

            Speaker: Peter Arbour, Sales and Project Manager, seele, Inc.

            Author: Bruno Kassel-Henneberg, Glass Engineer, seele sedak

            Editor: Charles Bostick, Architect, seele sedak

HIGH PERFORMANCE ENCLOSURES – U. S AND INTERNATIONALLY:  RECENT WORKS

            Keith Boswell, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP

            Paul Danna, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP

            Jose Palacios, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP

METAL SCIENCE: THE CONVERGENCE OF ART AND SCIENCE IN METAL FACADES

            L. William Zahner, CEO, HAIA,  ZAHNER

 

CONTACT

Prof. Douglas E. Noble, FAIA, Ph.D.       
Chair of the Ph.D. Program and Founder of the CLIPPER Lab
School of Architecture
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California  90089-0291  USA
2137404589
dnoble@usc.edu