Course Contents
The interdisciplinary optional course Fundamentals of Facade Technology provides an overview of the building envelope in terms of facade design, materials used in construction and building physics.
Experimentation with real objects is fundamental to understanding the process of designing facade components, through analysis to fabrication. Additive manufacturing offers completely new possibilities for the construction industry. According to the principle "complexity comes for free", the aim is to exploit both design and functional-technological manufacturing possibilities that would not have been feasible with conventional methods.
WiSe 23-24 will focus on the design of façade components to improve the shading and light transmission functions of the building envelope. Working in groups, students will design, develop and additively manufacture ceramic facade elements using three-dimensional modelling software and 3D printers. This will involve taking into account the specificities of ceramic 3D printing and iteratively adapting the design, taking into account geometric, technical, static and building physics aspects.
Literature
Knaack, U.; Klein, T.; Bilow, M.; Auer, T.: Fassaden. Prinzipien der Konstruktion.
Knaack, U.; Koenders, E.; Alexandrakis, E.; Bewersdorff, D.; Haake, I.; Hickert, S.; Mankel, C.: Bauphysik der Fassade
Additional Information
The course will take place in presence in diffrent locations bacause aside from teh regular lecture rooms we will be using software in the computer lab of FB 13 as well as partly work in the robotic lab. The exact room assignment will be announced shortly before the lecture.
For admission to the exam it is necessary to complete and pass the exercises during the semester.
The exam itself consists of a 15-minute presentation of the physical model and provision of a hand-out as well as a subsequent question and answer session.
Online Offerings
Moodle
- Lehrende: Christin-Marie Gandyra
- Lehrende: Ulrich Knaack
- Lehrende: Juan Ojeda