About
European Façade Network – MoU and description of members
The EFN seeks to advance and promote façade design and engineering at a European level and beyond. This is achieved through inclusive collaborative working between its members and alumni, resulting in skills and knowledge transfer/sharing in the following areas:
- Industry informed research at Masters, Doctoral and EU level.
- Undergraduate & / or postgraduate façade design and engineering education.
- Conferences and workshops rotated between EFN member institutions. Supposed to send students to workshops
- Publication through the Journal of Facade Design and Engineering- JFDE and related peer-reviewed international journals.
- Industry driven experimental façade testing.
EFN Member Details
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Summary: Contribution to EFN activities |
Organizer conference ‘The Future Envelope’ (bi-annual). BSc Architecture MSc Facade Engineering Façade related PhD’s in cooperation CWCT – UoB Publishing of scientific papers and books Façade testing (CWCT) National and EU funded research projects
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General Description & Background |
University of Bath, Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering. Currently top UK department of architecture and 3rd for Civil Engineering. HIVE Test facility: http://www.bath.ac.uk/research/centres/brp/hive/ Centre for Window Cladding Technology. UK centre of excellence in Façade Engineering. Extensive knowledge through 20 years of experience of structural behaviour of the building envelope. Building physics. Building envelope materials. Business processes. Supported by >260 Façade Industry members since it’s inception in 1996. http://www.cwct.co.uk/ |
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Key competencies and facilities |
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Façade Engineering, Environmental Design, Building Physics. UK BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials, Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture, Research Unit for the Engineering and Design of Environments. |
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Key persons |
Dr Steve Lo: Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Environmental Engineering. http://www.bath.ac.uk/ace/people/lo/
Director of Studies for MSc Façade Engineering. http://www.bath.ac.uk/engineering/graduate-school/taught-programmes/facade/index.html
Director of Studies for MSc Modern Building Design
Member of the Society of Façade Engineering Education committee: http://www.cibse.org/Society-of-Facade-Engineering-SFE
David Metcalfe: Director of CWCT http://www.cwct.co.uk/
Professor Pete Walker: Head of Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering. BRE Trust Chair of Innovative Construction Materials Director BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials |
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Previous training programmes and research |
Undergraduate: BSc in Architecture, MEng in Civil & Architectural Engineering, BEng/MEng in Civil Engineering Postgraduate Taught programmes: MSc in Façade Engineering, (>300 students since 1996) MSc Environmental Design, (100 students since 2009) MSc Modern Building Design, (New programme in 2014-15) Related PhD level topics in Building Envelopes: i) Polymeric facades: advanced composites for retrofit. ii) Systems for sustainable roofing solutions. iii) Flexibly formed concrete structures. iv) Connections and geometry for timber plated structures. v) Assessment of seismic vulnerability of reinforced concrete structures. Related PhD level topics in Building Envelopes with CWCT: i) Q Du, Integrated decision making in the cladding supply chain ii) M Skelly, An investigation into the control of automated venetian blinds iii) A Pye, The structural performance of glass adhesive T-beams Previous building envelope related research grants by CWCT: i) The use of double facades to facilitate demand controlled ventilation ii) The use of BMS to control facades iii) The use of glass in the building envelope For a full list go to: http://www.cwct.co.uk/research/moreprojects.htm |
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Summary: Contribution to EFN activities |
Organizer conference ‘The Future Envelope’ (bi-annual). BSc Architecture MSc Building Technology/ Facade Engineering Currently 10 Façade related PhD’s Publishing of scientific papers and books National and EU funded research projects
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General Description & Background |
The Façade Research Group FRG is located at the Department of Architectural Engineering + Technology, Faculty of Architecture and The Built Environment. The goal is to improve the performance of the building envelope as part of the overall building, and to enhance the possibilities for architectural design by exploring new design methods, construction and production possibilities and new strategies for application. FRG today is one of the leading institutes in the field of façade research and maintains a very strong national and international network of universities, companies from the facade and building industry and branch organisations. |
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Key competencies and facilities |
Architecture, Façade Engineering, Environmental Design, Building Physics, Civil Engineering, Product Design. The faculty of Architecture executes the following research programs: Architecture, Design & History, Green Building Innovation, Computation & performance, Urbanism, Innovations in the Management of the Built Environment, Housing Quality, and Governance of Geoinformation and Land Development |
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Key persons |
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Knaack: Professor Design of Construction Building Technology. Ass. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tillman Klein: Senior researcher, Head Façade Research Group Ir Arie Bergsma: Coordinator MEng Program Façade Engeneering |
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Previous training programmes and research |
Undergraduate: BSc in Architecture, MSc in Architecture; MSc in Building Technology; Postgraduate Taught programmes: MSc Building Technology (Façade Design, Structural Design, Climate Design (120 students since 2006) Finished PhD dissertations: i) Thiemo Ebbert – REFACE – Refurbishment Strategies for the Technical Improvement of Office Facades ii) Lidia Badarnah – Living Envelop – Biomimetics for Building Envelope Adaptation iii) Marcel Bilow – CROFT - International Façades, Climate Related Optimized Façade Technologies iv) Tillman Klein – Integrated Façade Construction – Towards a New Product Architecture for Curtain Walls v) Thalia Konstantinou – Façade Refurbishment Toolbox vi) Linda Hildebrand – Strategic Investment of Embodied Energy During the Architectural Planning Process vii) Holger Strauss – AM Envelope – The Potential of Additive Manufacturing for Facade Construction |
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Summary: Contribution to EFN activities. General description and background. |
Organizer conference ‘Facades’ (tri-annual). Bachelor: Architecture, B.A. Interior Architecture, B.A. Urban Planning Master: MIAD (Master of Integrated Architectural Design), MID (Master of Integrated Design), MIAR (Master Interior Architecture), Urban Planning Façade related PhDs Publishing of scientific papers and books National and EU funded research projects Detmolder Schule für Architektur und Innenarchitektur The department has the largest programme in interior architecture in Germany and is one of the few in Germany that offers the whole range of planning disciplines |
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Key persons, competencies and facilities |
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uta Pottgiesser: Professor of Heritage & Technology; Department of Architectural Engineering + Technology, TU Delft, Member ConstructionLab Prof. Dr.-Ing. Winfried Heusler: Professor Façade Design and Technology, Member ConstructionLab M. Arch. Anica Dragutinovic: Research Assistant, Member ConstructionLab, PhD student M. Arch. Christine Kousa: Research Assistant, Member ConstructionLab, PhD student M. Eng. Alvaro Balderrama: Member ConstructionLab, PhD student M. A. Susann Kreplin: Organisation and Marketing efnMOBILE, Member of ConstructionLab Key competencies and facilities |
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Previous training programmes and research |
Undergraduate: B.A. in Interior Architecture B..A in Architecture B.A. in Urban Planning Previous Postgraduate Programmes: M.Sc. in Master of Integrated Architectural Design (MIAD) M.Eng. in Master of Integrated Design (MID) M.A. in Master Interior Architecture (MIAR) M.Sc. Städtebau NRW Graduate Taught Programmes: M.Sc. in Integrated Architectural Design (MIAD) is offered as a full-time course in Architectural Design. The program is in German (partly English). M.Eng. in Integrated Design (MID) is a full-time course in architecture related specializations: Computational Design and Facade Design. This international program is held in English. Related PhD level topics in Building Envelopes: Anica Dragutinovic: Re-use of Modernist Buildings: Re-Repair Strategies for Buildings Envelopes and Interiors Christine Kousa: Post-war Techniques and Energy in Reconstruction of Historical Buildings Old Aleppo City - Syria Alvaro Balderrama: Facade Design for the Urban Sound Scape
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Summary: Contribution to EFN activities |
Organizer conference ‘Facades’ (bi-annual). BSc Façade Engineering MSc Facade Engineering Publishing of scientific papers and books Façade testing National and EU funded research projects (e.g. Cost Action TU 1403 Adaptive Facades Network |
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Key competencies and facilities |
Civil Engineering, Façade Engineering, Building Physics. Research unit for building envelopes and glass structures. Testing facility for facades and glass structures Architecture, Interior Architecture, Urban Planning, Façade Design and Construction, Computational Design and Construction, Civil Engineering; The department of Architecture and Interior Architecture executes the following research units: ConstructionLab, PerceptionLab. UrbanLab, ProErgo |
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Key persons |
Dr. Andreas Luible: Department of Civil Engineering |
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Previous training programmes and research |
Undergraduate: Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) Postgraduate taught programmes: Bachelor in Façade Engineering MSc in Façade Engineering Building envelope related research topics - Structural performance of bonded glass connections - Stability of glass structures - Glass strength - Safety concept for glass The head of the façade engineering centre at the HSLU T&A was member of the COST Action C13 'Glass and interactive facades' from 2001 to 2005 and is active in the new COST Action TU0905 ‘Structural Glass - Novel design methods and next generation products’. Head of Action TU1403 Adaptive Facades, March 2014 |
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Summary: Contribution to EFN activities |
Collaborator in organization of conference ‘International Congress of Architectural Envelopes’ BSc Architecture MSc Facade Engineering (Master de Arquitectura en Fachadas Ligeras) Façade related PhD’s Publishing of scientific papers and books Façade testing National and EU funded research projects |
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General Description & Background |
The School of Architecture of the University of the Basque Country and Tecnalia Research and Innovation started their collaboration in the field of facades with the organization of the façade master in 2007. After that they have collaborated in research projects and in the organization of ICAE congress (www.icae2015.com /en). Nowadays the Master is running in collaboration with the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. |
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Key competencies and facilities |
Architecture, Façade Engineering, Building Physics, Environmental design, Kubic building for experimental performance evaluation of the facades, new materials (composites, bio-composites, nanomaterials, etc). |
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Key persons |
Julen Astudillo: Specialist in light facades. Tecnalia Research and Innovation José Miguel Martínez Rico: Professor Building Construction at School of Architecture, UPV/EHU |
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Previous training programmes and research |
Architecture Degree MSc Facade Engineering (Master de Arquitectura en Fachadas Ligeras). MSc Heritage refurbishment MSc Sustainable construction and Energy efficiency
Building envelope related research topics - New materials - Energy efficiency - Sustainable and industrialized construction
Management committee members of COST Action TU1403 Adaptive Façades, 2014-2018.
Related PhD level topics in Building Envelopes: i) Energy efficiency of office buildings ii) Daylight transmittance of expanded metal iii) Façade refurbishment of residential buildings |
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