The Building Skin has evolved enormously over the past decades. Energy performance and environmental quality of buildings are significantly determined by the building envelope. The façade has experienced a change in its role as an adaptive climate control system that leverages the synergies between form, material, mechanical and energy systems in an integrated design.
Three main themes will be showcased at PowerSkin conference in presentations of recent scientific research and developments as well as projects related to building skins from the perspectives of material, technology and design:
Environment: Façades or elements of façades which aim for the provision of highly comfortable surroundings where environmental control strategies as well as energy generation and/or storage are integral part of an active skin.
Façade: The building envelope as an interface for the interaction between indoor and outdoor environment. This topic is focused on function and energy performance, technical development and material properties.
Structure: New concepts, accomplished projects, and visions for the interaction between building structure, envelope and energy technologies.
TU Muenchen, Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Thoma Auer, TU Darmstadt, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Schneider and TU Delft, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Knaack are organizing the PowerSkin Conference in collaboration with BAU 2017. It will be the first event of a biannual series. On January 19th, 2017 architects, engineers and scientists will present their latest developments and research projects for public discussion.
Further information
www.events.tum.de
When
19.01.2017
Where
ICM Trade Fair Munich