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Evolutionary Optimisation of Façade Design

A New Approach for the Design of Building Envelopes

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Authors:
  1. Giovanni Zemella

    1. Ove Arup & Partners, London, United Kingdom

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  2. Andrea Faraguna

    1. USI Academy of Architecture, Mendrisio, Switzerland

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  • Explains in detail how optimization techniques can be applied to the design of building envelopes

  • Gives examples showing the advantages of adopting a holistic approach for performance-driven design

  • Explores how optimization – and performance-driven design in general – requires a change in the cultural approach to design for both architects and engineers

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Envelopes

    • Giovanni Zemella, Andrea Faraguna
    Pages 1-32

  3. Optimisation

    • Giovanni Zemella, Andrea Faraguna
    Pages 33-63

  4. Successful Buildings

    • Giovanni Zemella, Andrea Faraguna
    Pages 65-88

  5. An Example

    • Giovanni Zemella, Andrea Faraguna
    Pages 89-119

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 121-121
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About this book

Optimization techniques offer immense potential for the improvement of performance-driven design, since they allow the adoption of an holistic approach. This can lead to great advantages: optimal design solutions can be properly identified only if all criteria are considered at the same time, rather than separately. There are two barriers which obstruct optimization from being applied to building design: a technological barrier (applying the algorithms is not easy and can be quite time-consuming) and a cultural one (architects and engineers are required to change their perspectives as the design process has to be handled in a new way). This book explores these barriers from the perspective of both engineers and architects, and proposes a change in the attitudes of these two “actors”: an engineer and an architect develop a dialog which helps them understand each other’s perspective; in this way they find how they must both make a step forward.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ove Arup & Partners, London, United Kingdom

    Giovanni Zemella

  • USI Academy of Architecture, Mendrisio, Switzerland

    Andrea Faraguna

About the authors

I (Giovanni Zemella) am a façade engineer at Arup. I specialize in analyzing the energy performance of façades and the effect they have on the overall behavior of buildings. During my PhD and my experience as a research fellow at the University, I studied evolutionary optimization procedures and applied them to the façade design.

I (Andrea Faraguna) am an architect working in Italy and Germany. My practice is addressed to projects of different scale within the city. My research is focused on the historical study of the design process and the relation between technique and architecture.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Evolutionary Optimisation of Façade Design

  • Book Subtitle: A New Approach for the Design of Building Envelopes

  • Authors: Giovanni Zemella, Andrea Faraguna

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5652-9

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-5651-2Published: 18 February 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-7205-5Published: 27 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-5652-9Published: 07 February 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 121

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Energy Efficiency, Building Construction and Design, Renewable and Green Energy, Design, general

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