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Matter + Energy

Composite Facades

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Omar Renteria at Penn Seminar – EYP Architects + Engineers
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Ceramic double skin façade – detailed axonometric
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Ceramic double skin façade – exploded axonometric
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Ceramic double skin façade
Computer model of design
Ceramic double skin façade – three-story cross section
Computer model of design
Ceramic double skin façade – one-story detailed section
Experimental materials in shop
Fabrication Shop acrylic detail
Experimental materials in shop
Fabrication Shop – Mycelium project formwork
Experimental materials in shop with student at work
Fabrication Shop – Acrylic Water group formwork
Experimental materials in shop
Fabrication Shop – Acrylic Water group formwork
Experimental materials in shop
Fabrication Shop – Acrylic Water group panel
Rending of completed project
Multi-angle Green Wall – detailed render
Computer model of design
Multi-angle Green Wall -- exploded axonometric
Students at work
American Composites Manufacturers Association Composites Seminar
Prototype model of proejct
Final Review - Multi-angle Green Wall Prototype
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Final Review – Video recording
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EYP Design Process Diagram
Matter energy composite facades.
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Computer model of design
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Experimental materials in shop
Experimental materials in shop
Experimental materials in shop with student at work
Experimental materials in shop
Experimental materials in shop
Rending of completed project
Computer model of design
Students at work
Prototype model of proejct
Students being filmed
Flow chart of design process
Matter energy composite facades.
Omar Renteria at Penn Seminar – EYP Architects + Engineers
Ceramic double skin façade – detailed axonometric
Ceramic double skin façade – exploded axonometric
Ceramic double skin façade
Ceramic double skin façade – three-story cross section
Ceramic double skin façade – one-story detailed section
Fabrication Shop acrylic detail
Fabrication Shop – Mycelium project formwork
Fabrication Shop – Acrylic Water group formwork
Fabrication Shop – Acrylic Water group formwork
Fabrication Shop – Acrylic Water group panel
Multi-angle Green Wall – detailed render
Multi-angle Green Wall -- exploded axonometric
American Composites Manufacturers Association Composites Seminar
Final Review - Multi-angle Green Wall Prototype
Final Review – Video recording
EYP Design Process Diagram

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For her project Matter + Energy: Composite Façades, Associate Professor of Architecture Franca Trubiano led a seminar dedicated to the development of research protocols for the design of architectural facades, based on formalizing environmental exchanges between matter and energy. The seminar engaged three separate questions associated with architectural research:

  • In what way can architectural research contribute to the creation of new knowledge, and to what end should this research be aimed?
  • In what way is the facade an important site for architectural research during upcoming decades?
  • What are the pressing questions that architects can address when thinking about research in materials and energy?

In partnership with seminar sponsor EYP Architects + Engineers of New York City, Trubiano’s graduate students worked alongside EYP’s research team to promote architectural innovation in the field of environmental technology, animating and channeling the question of composite facades in the context of new materials and renewable energy. Students undertook industry visits to several companies, including New Hudson Facades and M. Cohen and Sons, touring their facilities to learn more about the process of designing and constructing custom facades.

As part of the seminar, students designed and prototyped solutions that respond to a confirmed ecological need: the design of effective and efficient skin technologies that can mediate the sun’s rays, transfer air, and mitigate the harmful effects of water. In collaboration with B Fabrication of Philadelphia, PennDesign graduate Josh Jordan facilitated student access to digital fabrication technologies of use in the production of project prototypes. Ultimately, the seminar’s research, prototypes, composite workshop, and broadcasting were dedicated to the development of a body of knowledge aligned with the design and construction of ecologically-appropriate building envelopes.

In addition to the prototypes produced by the seminar’s graduate students, “Matter + Energy” resulted in a publication that synthesizes the initiative’s collaborative people, process, and projects.

 

Students

Samantha P. Aguilar
Aminah Alkanderi
Carly Bonsignore
Doug Breuer
Michelle Ann Chew
Whitney Chow
Alex Colucci
Clay Gruber
Esther Han
Luis Jasso
John Kerner
Iris Kim
Pegah Mathur
Angeliki Mavroleon
Michael Patrick O’Neill
Rosanne Pitarresi
Agustina Sklar
 

Teaching Assistant

Chenyi Shen
 

Funders

EYP Architects + Engineers (Omar Renteria, Sean Dempsey, Alicia Inman, Michael Mastriano)
 

Partners

Joshua Jordan / B Fabrication Shop