COLLABORATION Conference

Andrew Vrana will moderate a roundtable at the COLLABORATION Metals in Construction 2012 Facades Conference organized by Architect's Newspaper in New York, NY on Thursday, February 16th.   Facade Innovation:  Performance, Optimization and Integration

The ability of computational technology to inform facade design from novel geometries and enhanced environmental performance to rationalized component optimization and digital fabrication is creating new possibilities in the development of intelligent building skins.  The confluence of visible forces (structural, functional and physical) and invisible forces (cultural, political and temporal) can now be measured, managed and realized through the integration of enhanced information processing, cross-disciplinary material organization and computer assisted manufacturing ingenuity.  From a broad spectrum of expertise representing the professional, academic, applied research and engineering consultation community, the speakers participating in this discussion present a series of façade design case studies that articulate these forces of innovation in practice and lead the speculative dialogue on where this trend will head in the future.

Performative facade systems Anna Dyson Case Study:  Helioptix

Optimization of facade systems Erik Verboon Case Study:  King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture

Integration of facade systems Phillip Anzalone Case Study:  Columbia Building Intelligence Project