Facades : principles of construction / Ulrich Knaack [and others].

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Other Authors: Knaack, Ulrich
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser, [2007]
Subjects:
Facades.
Local Note:WIT BNA TOC 200804 jea.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. From wall to facade
  • Solid wall construction
  • Warm facade, cold facade
  • Openings in solid wall construction
  • Walls with skeletal structure
  • Resolution of the wall into loadbearing structure and facade
  • Double facades
  • 3. Principles of construction
  • Areas of construction
  • Openings in facade constructions
  • Assembly
  • 4. Detailing and tolerances
  • Building grid and positioning of components
  • Combination of functions
  • Detailing principles
  • Layering of details
  • Examples of detail development
  • Tolerances
  • 5. Climate and energy
  • Facade as interface to the exterior
  • User comfort
  • Regulating the comfort level with the facade
  • Sun and glare protection
  • Light-directing systems
  • 6. Adaptive facades
  • Sun
  • Light
  • Heat
  • Greenhouse effect
  • History of adaptive facades
  • Collector facade
  • Double facade
  • Alternating facade
  • Integrated facade
  • 7. Case studies
  • Unit system facade : Debitel Headquarters, Stuttgart
  • Solid concrete facade : Zollverein School of Management and Design, Essen
  • Free-form metal facade : Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
  • Timber-frame structure with multiple cladding : Hageneiland Housing, Ypenburg
  • 8. A look into the future
  • The forces driving new developments
  • Materials and technology
  • Production and assembly
  • Evaluation strategies
  • The integrated envelope.

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