The Future Envelope 5 - Technology Transfer

Faculty of Architecture TU Delft, NL

Thursday, 19th May 2011

All around us, new technologies and materials emerge at an unknown rate. However, where other disciplines are advancing, it seems that the building industry is reluctant to pick up new trends. Since we want to stay on top we need to find ways to integrate new developments into the unique and project oriented building discipline.

The conference aims at identifying those areas in which the façade world can learn from other disciplines concerned with highly technical products. What are their design strategies and building processes? Are these concepts transferable to an architectural market?

At the occasion of the fifth edition of the annual conference The Future Envelope, speakers from disciplines such as industrial design, aerospace design, material technology, façade design and architecture will share their experience and vision about the future building envelope.

The conference is divided into four sessions, each followed by a discussion. Close contact with the audience is a fix part of the concept. As in past years we are happy to announce a prominent list of speakers:

Product development

Prof. Wim Poelman leads the chair of Product Realization at the University of Twente. He bridges the gap between product design and the building industry. Prof. Andreas Fuchs (FAT Lab Stuttgart) will speak about his experience with developing building services integrated constructions for the façade industry. As a third speaker in this session Prof. Anne Beim from the Centre of Industrial Architecture (CINARK) at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts will talk about how the needs for industrial processes can be introduced into architectural design strategies.

Material and Technology

Thermoplastic composites are important materials for many contemporary high-end applications in transportation, industry and healthcare. Prof. Remco Akkermann is head of the Thermo Plastic Composite Research Centre at the University Twente and will speek about the potential of this material for the building industry.

Hans van Rennes is Vice President of the famous car manufacturer Spycker. He will share his knowledge about building automobiles and answer our question as to which technologies could be transferred from this industry to façade construction.

Designing on nano-scale could be a description of what Prof. Dick Broer does. He is head of the Department for Functional Organic Materials & Devices at TU Einhoven and will share his visions about the wide range of possible applications of polymer technologies for building envelopes.

Process and Management

The constant stream of new developments is challenging current process and management strategies. Prof. Stephen Ledbetter is head of the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology, University of Bath. He will speak about their integration into a craftsmanship driven building industry.

Wolfgang Priedemann is head of a façade consulting company doing business around the world. His lecture will be about the challenges we face when trying to realize the growing complexity of building envelope in practice.

Design disciplines and with them the façade industry increasingly depend on data creation, 3D simulations and communication.  Prof. Peter Russell, RWTH Aachen, shares his vision on the influence of data management on design and building envelope performance.

Architecture and Design

Prof. Daniel Dendra, architect and co-founder of OpenSimSim. The concept is an open dissemination of knowledge. He will tell us about the chances of web based collaboration tools for architectural design.

The lecture of Kasper Guldager Jørgensen will focus on the role of the architect. He is head GNX innovation at 3XN Architects in Copenhagen and his task is the integration of new technologies in their design process.

Front is one of the leading façade design offices in New York. Founding Partner Bruce Nichol will finalize the conference with his vision on future building envelopes.

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Preliminary program

8:30 Registration

9:15 Opening speech

9:30 - 11:00 Session 1 - Product Development

Wim Poelman – University of Twente, Product Realisation, Twente

Andreas Fuchs – RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, FAT LAB, Stuttgart

Anne Beim – The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, CINARK, Copenhagen

11:30 - 13:00 Session 2 - Material and Technology

Hans van Rennes – Spyker, Vice President Marketing & Communication, Zeewolde *

Remco Akkermann – TU Twente, Thermo Plastic Composite Research Centre, Twente

Dirk J. Broer – TU Eindhoven, Dept. Functional Organic Materials & Devices, Eindhoven

14:00 - 15:30 Session 3 - Process and Management

Stephen Ledbetter – University of Bath, Centre for Window and Cladding Technology, Bath

Wolfgang Priedemann – Priedemann Building Envelope Consultants, Berlin

Peter Russell – RWTH Aachen, Computer Based Design, Aachen

16:00 - 17:30 Session 4 - Architecture & Design

Daniel Dendra – founder anOtherArchitect and co-founder OpenSimSim, Berlin

Kasper Guldager Jørgensen – 3XN Architects, Head of GXN Innovation, Copenhagen

Bruce Nichol – Front, Facade Design and Consulting, New York

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For online registration please click here.

If for any reason the online registration does not work, please send a message to FutureEnvelope-bk@tudelft.nl, and we will try to solve the issue asap.

Registration fee:

visitor € 225

member FAECF / VMRG/ FAC   € 175  

employer TU Delft   € 50

student TU Delft   € 15

Registration deadline: 12. May 2011

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