What creative solutions do the newcomers in the facade sector have for sustainable building envelopes of the future? This question will be addressed by the speakers at the 6th International NEXT Facade Session in the Next Studio on 22 February. Marcel Bilow will get things started. The facade planner and lecturer heads the prototype laboratory Bucky Lab at TU Delft. In this capacity, he challenges his Master's Degree students in the facade course twice a year to look at the future of the building envelope.
The intensive teaching programme ranges from sketches to the construction of a functional prototype on a scale of 1:1. In his lecture, ‘Doctor Bucky Lab’ presents impressive but also unusual facade ideas and takes a bold look into the future of the building envelope.
3D-printed facade nodes
Holger Strauß works as an architect, facade planner and project manager and has been involved with additive processes in facade technology for years. In his presentation, he will show the possibilities and advantages of 3D-printed facade nodes in the planning, construction and processing of complex facades.
Foteini Setaki is also currently working on the acoustic performance of 3D-printed components in her doctoral thesis at TU Delft and reports on how noise emissions in the interior and on the building envelope can be significantly reduced through certain component geometries. In addition, the founder of the start-up The New Raw will present how she uses old plastic for commercial 3D printing - in a resource-saving and sustainable way. An exciting future topic also for facade components.
Seaweed on the facade - how does that work?
Kathryn Larsen (TU Delft) is working on a completely new material for the building envelope. In her research work, she investigates the use of seaweed in construction - inspired by the seaweed-covered houses in Læsø (Denmark) in northern Jutland.
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The newcomer shows how prefabricated seaweed elements can be used as a kind of green panel on roofs and facades or as additional insulation. Koen Post - facade specialist at the Dutch project management company BBN - reports on the concept "Being outside inside". The idea behind this is to transfer the climate situation from the outside inside. In this way, different climatic situations can be created far away from the standard 22°C room temperature, which promote the health and well-being of the building user.
Lastly, Jürgen Heinzel will report on forward-looking architectural projects. The architect is a partner and co-founder of HPP Architects in Amsterdam and previously held a leading position at UN Studio - where, for example, he was significantly involved in the facade concept for the new building of the booking.com headquarters in Amsterdam.
Register now - participation is free of charge
The English-language event will be held on 22 February in hybrid format with a limited number of participants on site (subject to Covid regulations) as well as via livestream. Participation is free of charge. Registration is now open at www.next-studio.de.
