Main Events 112th Edition - Zak World of Façades New Zealand

112th Edition - Zak World of Façades New Zealand

edition

112

Date

23 February 2023

Venue

Pullman

City

Auckland

Watch the Event

About this edition

This will be the 112th edition globally and the 2nd edition in Auckland which will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display latest technological solutions.

Speakers & Panelists

Conference Agenda

Every speaker for the day, grouped by session. Select a topic to see who is presenting, the session focus and the talk points.

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

08:00 — 08:50

Topic

Delegate Registration & Networking

Oliver Ng

Managing Director

BG&E Façades

Topic

Event Host & Convener

08:50 — 08:55

Topic

Welcome Address

08:55 — 09:25

Karl Jones

Buildings Lead - NZ

Mott MacDonald

Topic

Lifting the Lid on Enclosure's Box

Talk points

A collection of tall1 (and medium2) tales that explores the horrors, and possibility of hope, offered by our façade community

A high exposure3 zone rated critical reflection, that asks the hard questions like; are façades the emperor’s new clothes? Do façades lie like Pinocchio? What’s with all the Frankenstein façades? 1Tall is greater than 25 2Medium is less than 25 and great than 10 3Self rated, official council (censor) rating pending

09:25 — 09:55

Malgorzata Haley

Associate Principal

Grimshaw

Topic

Façades: Beyond Performance

Talk points

How architects respond to and design for the functional, climatic, cultural and social needs of public and commercial buildings

Pushing the boundaries of façade design and performance with case studies focused on their sustainability features

Future of regenerative design for the built environment and how the recognition of challenges the planet is facing continues to shape and inform the design of façades

09:55 — 10:15

Marcus Tan

Manager - Sales and Marketing

AGC Asia Pacific

Topic

Sustainable Glass Solutions Towards Green and Carbon Neutral Buildings

Talk points

Glass carbon emissions impact to a building

Advancing energy strategies for façades

Sustainable case studies and references

10:15 — 10:35

Angus Macleod

Director - Australia & New Zealand

Vector Foiltec

Topic

Lightweight Roof Design – Doing More with Less

Talk points

Garden Lane at Botany Town Centre, Auckland

Scotts Crossing, Canberra

Surbana Jurong Campus, Singapore

Aspen Vision City, Penang

10:35 — 11:05

Topic

Networking Tea / Coffee Break

11:05 — 11:20

Jean Lorenzzi

Digital Building Glass Studio Director

Saint Gobain

Topic

Decarbonization & Digitalization

Talk points

Low carbon glass offer of Saint-Gobain for sustainable construction

Digital solutions for customers to enhance productivity

11:20 — 11:40

David Hayes

Group Chairman & Chief Facade Engineer

Thermosash

Topic

Why Are We Still Specifying and Constructing Leaky Buildings

Talk points

Fit for purpose façade specification

Unitised vs Window Wall

Unitised vs Rainscreen

11:40 — 12:10

Blair Parkinson

Associate Principal

Woods Bagot

Topic

Tower Façade Design: Responding to Site Context and Locale

Talk points

Case studies on 80 Collins St (Melbourne), 447 Collins St (Melbourne) and 65 Federal St (Auckland)

The role of façades in interweaving programmatic and contextual overlays into a tower design

How were these façades achieved? A journey through the design, delivery and construction process

12:10 — 12:55

Moderator

Kent Nixon

Director

Thermosash

Panelist

Ben Masters

Principal - Sustainable Buildings

Beca

Panelist

Gemma Craig

Regional Manager

Inhabit

Panelist

Richard Voss

Director

Ignite Architects

Topic

Panel Discussion: Designing Façades for a More Sustainable Future

Talk points

Impact of H1 building code (energy efficiency) on designing façades

Striking a balance while designing façades to have a pleasing scale and appearance, proportion and rhythm, solid-to-void relationship and materiality, within sustainability parameters

Looking at the net-zero carbon trend globally and how this is being applied in NZ

Can the existing code and standard aide low-carbon design?

Session summary

Kent Nixon

12:55 — 13:55

Topic

Networking Lunch Break

13:55 — 14:20

Jonathan Hewlett

Principal

Warren and Mahoney

Topic

Mud Bricks & Spiders

Talk points

An architect's journey

The making of things

Digital vs String

14:20 — 14:40

Susanne Hundert

Associate - Built Environment

Aurecon

Topic

Understanding Airtightness

Talk points

Common misunderstandings

Touching theory and reality

Testing

14:40 — 15:00

Andy Russell

General Manager

Proctor Group Australia

Topic

Thinking Outside the Box – Air Tightness Simplified

Talk points

Benefits of a single external air and weather tightness control layer

The possibilities of continuous external non-combustible insulation

Discontinuous sub-framing and attachment methods for rainscreen

15:00 — 15:20

Richard Fairhead

Director

Building Envelope Group

Topic

QA: Not Just Another Dirty Word

Talk points

Why it is so hard to accept

The benefits to you and the project

The impact of poor QA should it go wrong

15:20 — 15:35

Shane Hart

Director of Client Relations

Insol

Topic

Wind Effects on Feature Façades

Talk points

The importance of wind testing on feature façades

Façade testing case studies

Façade engineering experiences and approaches

15:35 — 15:50

Gary Hall

Specification Manager

Technoform

Topic

Thermal Isolator Clip

Talk points

Structure and design

Thermal performance

Durability

15:50 — 16:15

Topic

Networking Tea/Coffee Break

16:15 — 16:35

Marc Zobec

Building & Façade Engineer

Marc T Zobec Design & Engineering

Topic

You Don't Know What You Don't Know

Talk points

Insight on risk awareness by clients, building owners, architects and building contractors who opt to use the "self-procured" approach to façade delivery

How this approach results in a non-streamlined and fragmented silos approach rather than holistic delivery and responsibility by a façade subcontractor primarily due to "cost savings", but at what great risk and to whom

Who is left holding the bag when things go pear shaped?

16:35 — 16:50

Lachlan Stanton

Architectural Design Manager

Guardian Glass

Topic

Future Trends

Talk points

High performance low-E glass

Transition from “Greenstar Design & As-Built” to “Greenstar Buildings”

H1 energy efficiency

16:50 — 17:35