CONTENTS
FAADE DESIGN MASTER MASTER PROGRAM COURSES SEMESTER 1 & 2 COURSES SEMESTER 3 COURSES SEMESTER 4 CHAIR DESIGN OF CONSTRUCTION FAADE RESEARCH GROUP CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS PARTNERS FROM INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF UNIVERSITIES ADMISSION AND CONTACT 2 4 8 10 14 16 18 20 22 26 27
Concrete faade with integrated heating system, Zollverein School of Managament (architect: Sanaa)
A growing complexity of design and building processes require increased specialisation of important areas of architecture. Within this context, facade planning as an integral part of the overall architectural process, plays a major role. Not only because the facade coins the perception and design of architecture, but also because it needs to fulfill extremely high technological and functional demands. With its holistic approach, the International Faade Master offers ideal advanced education for individual positioning and future-oriented specialisation within the field of architecture.
Marco Hemmerling
(Prof. at Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Design, member of design team UN Studio)
Faades are one of the most technically challenging, complex and multidisciplinary parts of a building. A faade defines not only a buildings appearance and its architectural expression, but also how well it functions. The success of a building is measured in terms of its technical functionality with regard to comfort, safety, pleasant ambience and sustainability. Hereby, faades play an important role and thus, have to fulfill several technical and architectural demands and functions related to a broad range of aspects and engineering disciplines. In view of this fascinating and multidisciplinary context, the Faade Design Program at TU Delft Faculty of Architecture - Department of Building Technology - will teach MSc candidates how to design and develop faade structures on an academic level. Key topics are energy consumption and sustainability, typology, materialization, fabrication and assembly of faades. Faade Research Group The education is strongly interconnected with the research and practical applications of the Faade Research Group (part of chair DOC). Link to practice Due to the cooperation, knowledge and re-
search exchange with the VMRG (Dutch Faade Builder Association), the KCG (Knowledge Centre of the Dutch faade industry) and several related faade manufacturers (Oskomera Group and Scheldebouw/Permasteelisa), students also benefit from close links with professional practice. International network Within the Faade Design Program the Faculty of Architecture also works with partner universities in Germany (Detmolder Schule fr Architektur) and Switzerland (Luzerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts). As a student, you can benefit from these international contacts, for example, by participating in international symposia and workshops. Careers The Faade Design Program is one of the two specialization areas of the general MSc Building Technology track. MSc graduates in Building Technology with the specialization Faade Design might find a career as either a technical generalist or a faade specialist at architecture or engineering firms, in the faade or supply industry, or project development sectors. You may also choose to start your own business or
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The Faade Design Program is one of the two specializations of the MSc Building Technology track at Delft University of Technology. The other specialization is Research & Design, which focuses on materials, climate and sustainability or product development. The Building Technology track, consisting of these two specializations, focuses on the innovative and sustainable design of elements, components and (sub)systems of building structures; on how these relate to each other and to the architecture of the building. In addition to this track the Department of Building Technology of the TU/ Faculty of Architecture also offers the specialization Architectural Engineering. This specialization focuses on architecture and engineering as the inseparably linked basis for building design. First year Both the Building Technology tracks (Faade Design and Research & Development) and the Architectural Engineering specialization share a common base in the first year. During this year a wide range of theory and integrated design components are covered related to different disciplines such as mechanics, product development, material science, building physics, compuScheme of Msc track Building Technology and Architectural Engineering
tation and modeling and production techniques. In the first semester, Component & System design focuses on system development of a faade in the context of a building design. Students start the design process by developing an innovative concept in the form of a programmatic and visual scenario; they move on to a final design in drawings, quantitative performance studies, and complete the process with virtual and physical prototypes. Quantitative research relates to acoustic, heat transfer and structural performance as input. In the second semester, Building Design, students work on the spatial-functional design of a building in applying building system integration from concept phase on. This is structured as an integrated design process driven by quantitative performance evaluations on three aspects: structure, climate and construction. The first year forms the basis for the specialized in-depth studies of the second year. Second year At the end of the second semester students will have to make their final choice for one of the
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three BT specializations: Architectural Engineering, Research & Development or Faade Design. After this first year, all three specializations will diverge into their own direction. Faade Design Program students will follow an in-depth program focused on faades during the 3rd and 4th semester. The first quarter of the 3rd semester of the Faade Design Program consists of the courses Faade Technology and Future Faade Design. The course Faade Technology consists of several lectures organized by the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences of TU Delft and parties from professional practice: the VMRG (Dutch Faade Builder Association), the KCG (Knowledge Centre of the Dutch faade industry) and several related faade manufacturers. Lectures of the course are embedded within several themes: 1) Architecture and faades, 2) Construction and detailing of faades, 3) Sustainability, climate and comfort 4) Production and assembly of faades, 5) Materials and facades, 6) Safety aspects of facades and 7) Quality aspects of facades.
Example faade with prefabricated elements
Also an (international) symposium and additional workshops are part of this course. In parallel to the more theoretical course Faade Technology, the course Future Faade Design focuses - by means of a more practical research and design assignment - on a specific and varying research topic, being relevant within the Faade Research Group (part of chair DOC). The second quarter of 3rd semester consists of preparation work for the graduation project in the 4th semester. The fourth semester builds on the graduate project preparation, completed in the previous semester. Students work on an individual graduation project, comprising a technical research assignment in an innovative or design research domain. The thesis can be directly related to one of the Faade Research Programmes as organized within the Faade Research Group or to the faade industry by means of a in-company graduation project. The Faade Design Program starts twice a year, in the first and third quarter of the academic year respectively.
COURSES SEMESTER 1
- AR1Ar060 Architectonic design I (3 ECTS) - AR1B010 Applied Mechanics (4 ECTS) - AR1B030 Computer Aided Design I (4 ECTS) - AR1B050 Material Science (4 ECTS) - AR1B071 Building Physics I (5 ECTS) - AR1B081 Product Design (8 ECTS) - AR1B090 Production Techniques (2 ECTS) For more detailed information about course contents see appendix A of this booklet or TU Delft Course browser (www.studiegids.tudelft.nl).
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- AR2B010 Applied Mechanics II (2 ECTS) - AR2B020 Construction Design (2 ECTS) - AR2B040 Structural Design (2 ECTS) - AR2B060 Techn. Building Design I (4 ECTS) - AR2B070 Building Physics II (2 ECTS) - AR2B080 Climate Design (2 ECTS) - AR2B160 Building Analysis (1 ECTS) + 15 ECTS free electives
FEM analysis of cold bridge of aluminium profile (item of course Building Physics I & II)
COURSES SEMESTER 3
AR3420 Future Faade Design (9 ECTS, 1st quarter of semester 3): Within the fascinating and complex context of modern and future faades, students in this course will have to work independently on a technical research and design assignment (mostly related to new (future) faade technologies) in order to apply and test their theoretical knowledge so far and to further improve their research, design and engineering skills. The assignment will be related to one specific and varying faade theme - being relevant to the faade industry and architectural practice and will be embedded within one of the current faade research programmes of the Faade Research Group (part of Design of Construction). The assignment will start with a small workshop, consisting of a couple of lectures on the related topic and followed by a brainstorm and workshop session. After the workshop, there is a period of approximately 7 weeks (approx. 3 a 4 days per week) of independent working. During these seven weeks each student will have to work out their ideas and solutions to a higher and more detailed plan level, under supervision and with consults of the teacher involved.
Ceramic faade, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin (architect: Renzo Piano Workshops)
AR3420 Faade Technology (6 ECTS, 1st quarter of semester 3): The course Faade Technology focuses on specific and changing topics relevant to the faade industry and architectural practice. The course consists of a theoretical part, as well as a symposium and accompanying workshops. Lectures The major part of the course Faade Technology consists of several lectures organized by the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences of TU Delft and parties from professional practice: the VMRG, the KCG and several related faade manufacturers. Lectures of the course are embedded within several themes: 1) Architecture and faades: within this theme the focus will be on faade design, architecture and future faade principles. Several case studies will be discussed. 2) Construction of faade: faade detailing, calculation and construction principles. 3) Sustainability, climate and comfort: focus on different faade principles (double faade, climate faade, etc.) and refurbishment in rela-
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tion to sustainability, building physical aspects and climate design. 4) Production and assembly of faade: process planning, production and assembly aspects of facades will be discussed. 5) Materials and facades: focus on some typical materials commonly used in faade industry (glass, aluminium, etc.), new developments (composites, (curved) concrete, etc.) 6) Safety aspects of facades: focus on typical safety aspects such as fire safety, fall safety, burglar resistance, etc. 7) Quality aspect of facades: focus on several building standards and quality control for faade industry. Conference and workshops The conference (free access for students) and accompanying workshops are organised in cooperation with partner universities in Germany (Fachhochschule Lippe und Hxter in Detmold) and Switzerland (Lucerne University of applied Sciences & Arts) and will also be attended by students from these universities. Depending on the University that is organising the conference and workshops the location will be Detmold, Lucerne or Delft. The conference and workshops will take approximately one week.
Jackbox, prefab unit, student work at University of Detmold (partner University)
AR3B410 Graduate Project Preparation Research & Design: Faade Design (15 ECTS, 2nd quarter of semester 3): Preparation for graduation work on a faade related subject. This involves drawing up a learning plan and completing a preparatory course of study, which will be recorded in a report. The preparation work can be directly related to collaborating companies and/or current research projects within de Faade Research Group (part of chair Design of Construction). One or more focus points can be (depending on the topic): - Study in and exploration of future envelope principles. - Design of and research in new sustainable and more ecological facades. - Special faade detail topics (special products, specific details connections, etc.). - Production and assembly aspects of facades on site. - Combination of aspects. - Etc. For more detailed information about course contents, see appendix C or TU Delft Course Browser (www.studiegids.tudelft.nl).
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COURSES SEMESTER 4
AR4B400 Laboratory of Research & Design; Faade Design (30 ECTS, semester 4): This semester is completely focused on individual graduation work within the fields of faade technology and design. This thesis comprises a specific technical research assignment - scientific study, design research and possibly the execution of design proposals by means of mock-ups - in an innovative or design research domain specific technical or research assignment related to facades. The thesis work can be directly related to one of the faade research programmes as organized within the Faade Research Group or to the faade industry by means of an in-company graduation project. This graduation project builds on the graduate preparation completed in the previous semester. For more detailed information about course contents, see appendix D or TU Delft Course Browser (www.studiegids.tudelft.nl).
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undertaking research it is the chairs aim to develop and test the implementation of new and renewed construction methods and material applications. In addition to a personal engagement of teachers and researchers in building projects, the connection between education and research is achieved by a systematic integration of the curriculum within the research projects. In parallel to the bachelor, master and thesis projects, individual study groups are also integrated with different parts of the curriculum. Here the results of each research are tested in models in order to reveal potential problems which might occur during a project realisation on a larger scale. This forms a synergy between research and education, representing the main aim of research driven education. The Chair Design of Construction is lead by Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack. The DOC-site www.doc.bk.tudelft.nl will give you further information about the chair.
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Ulrich Knaack founded the Faade Research Group at the Chair Design of Construction. The team concentrates on exploring future possibilities for the building envelope. The DOC-site www.doc.bk.tudelft.nl will give you further information about current research programmes. For more info about the Faade Research Group and related research topics please contact the project leader of the group: Dipl. Ing. Tillmann Klein E: T.Klein@tudelft.nl
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Conference on Building Envelopes Faculty of Architecture TU Delft (NL) Thursday 14. May 2009
Faculty of Architecture Chair Design of Construction in cooperation with Federation of European Window and Curtain Walling Manufacturers Associations
TU Delft
FAECF
Conference on Climate-Oriented Building Envelopes Faculty of Architecture TU Delft (NL) Thursday 05. June 2008
Faculty of Architecture Chair Design of Construction in cooperation with Federation of European Window and Curtain Walling Manufacturers Associations
TU Delft
FAECF
VMRG
VMRG
Just like a ne musical instrument is attuned with the entire orchestra, the performance of the future faade will be tuned in accordance with the entire building. In contrast to facades by Mies van der Rohe, which were exclusively designed by the architect, todays facades are complex systems. A multitude of people are involved in the very early planning phase, and facades can no longer be considered truly functional without a valid climate concept. But what does that mean in practice? Can conventional methods of execution still be applied? Can the faade be compared with other disciplines, and can we learn from those?
8:45 Registration 9:15 Opening speech 9:30 11:00 Session 1 Jan Knippers Daniel Meyer Kees Kaan 11:30 13:00 Session 2 Bert Lieverse Matthias Michel Mick Eekhout 14:00 15:30 Session 3 Tillmann Klein James OCallahan Jan Cremers 16:00 17:00 Session 4 Jeroen Scheepmaker Brian Cody Oliver Khn 17:00 Discussion Organisation: Facade Research Group TU Delft Prof. Dr. Ulrich Knaack, Tillmann Klein / +31 (0)15 27 83098 / T.Klein@tudelft.nl Info: Angelique Loeve / +31 (0)15 27 84094 / A.M.A.Loeve@tudelft.nl Registration: www.bk.tudelft.nl/futureenvelope, deadline 5. May 2009 Peter Boelhouwer / Dean Faculty of Architecture Knippers Helbig / Engineering Unversity Luzern / Facade Technology Claus en Kaan Architecten General Secretary FAECF / Industry Imagine Strucrture / Structural Design TU Delft / Octatube TU Delft / Faade Research Group Eckersly O`Callaghan / Structural Engineering HFT Stuttgart / Hightex Group Alcoa Architectural Systems / Industry TU Graz / Arup GmbH GKK Architekten Location: TU Delft Faculty of Architecture Berlagezaal Julianalaan 134 2628 BL Delft
TU Eindhoven / Product Development VMRG / Facade Industry TU Delft / ABT Structural Design TU Delft / Climate Design Arup / Material Design General Secretary FAECF TU Delft / Faade Research Group Newtecnic Facade Architecture Transsolar Climate Design Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG / Facade Design Cepezed / Architecture Behnisch & Partner Architects Location: TU Delft Aula Congresscentrum Collegezaal C Mekelweg 5 2628 CC Delft
17:00 Discussion Organisation: Facade Research Group, Tillmann Klein / +31 (0)15 27 83098 / T.Klein@tudelft.nl Info: Jolanda Dijkshoorn / +31 (0)15 27 84234 / J.M.Dijkshoorn@tudelft.nl Registration: www.bk.tudelft.nl/futureenvelope, deadline 26. May 2008
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KCG
KCG is the Knowledge Center of the Dutch faade Industry in the field of metal (aluminium and steel) and synthetic faade elements. The KCG aims at spotting new technical developments in the faade field and related fields and to translate these developments into new knowledge. They provide several faade related courses, provide quality tests and supervise consultancy programs and knowledge projects. In addition to providing several courses the KCG has a helpdesk for short and fast consults. More info: www.vmrg.nl
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