154th Edition – Zak World of Façades USA

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154th Edition – Zak World of Façades USA

edition

154

Date

27 June 2024

Venue

Van Zandt

City

Austin

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About this edition

This will be the 154th edition globally and the 1st edition in Austin 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

08:00 — 08:50

Topic

Delegate Registration & Networking

Tamara Higgins

Vice President of Operations

BEAM Professionals

Topic

Event Host & Convener

08:50 — 09:05

Topic

Welcome Address

09:05 — 09:30

Edward Muth

Principal

Gensler

Topic

Designing an Elegant and Efficient Façade on Austin’s First Supertall Building: Sixth and Guadalupe

Talk points

Background: Vision and design parameters

Defining office and residential façade

Balancing exterior amenities and the façade

Composing the façade strategy

09:30 — 09:45

Thomas Shaw

Business Development & Marketing Director

Stainless Structurals

Topic

Steel Solutions: Where Transparency Meets Strength

Talk points

Innovative production technologies

Sustainability & green initiatives

Steel profiles for glass & façades

09:45 — 10:05

Billy Jones

Principal

Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc

Dickson Fogleman

Senior Building Envelope Consultant

Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc

Topic

Façade Transitions with Adjacent Waterproofing Systems

Talk points

Turning conceptual drawings into construction details

Managing the mysterious contractor “By others”

Understanding assembly sequences and compatibility concerns

10:05 — 10:45

Topic

Networking Tea / Coffee Break

10:45 — 11:10

Salvador Garcia

Sr. Associate | Director of Student Housing

Perkins & Will

Wyatt Frantom

Principal | Director of Design

Perkins & Will

Topic

Modular Dynamics. Designing High-rise Student Housing at Union on 24th

Talk points

Modular façade

Panelized façade

Unitized façade

11:10 — 11:35

Michael Salinas

Project Director

Lake|Flato

Miguel Elizardo

Design Technologist

Lake|Flato

Topic

Cedar Park Public Library: Integrating Natural Materials, Providing a Warm Welcome to the Community

Talk points

Bridging the gaps: from the space between differing landscapes, to the gaps between materials

Interpreting legacy architectural character & details within today’s environmental constraints

Sharing Lake Flato’s process to integrating sustainability in design process & façade commissioning

11:35 — 12:20

Moderator

James Hakes

Principal

Handel Architects

Panelist

Cory Boden

Associate Principal

Page

Panelist

Cynthia H. Bowden

Senior Director

Tishman Speyer

Panelist

Sean Clifton

Senior Principal

Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Topic

How PBWD, Performance-Based Wind Design, Affects the Design of ATX Tower’s Façade and Structure

Talk points

Performance based design background, and development of performance based wind design standard

PBWD applied to ATX tower, results and benefits

Future applicability of PBWD, including for façades

Session summary

James Hakes

12:20 — 13:20

Topic

Networking Lunch Break

13:20 — 13:45

Franz Prinsloo

Senior Associate Principal

KPF

Topic

Waterline: Austin’s First Supertall and Texas’ Tallest Tower

Talk points

Integrating nature and public space inspired by the site’s natural surroundings in a supertall

How the façades of the "vertical neighborhood" express a collection of functions as a collage of varied patterns

How the tower will become an icon for Texas’ capital city, expressing its spirit of quirky innovation

13:45 — 14:05

David Nicastro

CEO

Alanna Buick & Bers Building Diagnostics

Topic

Spontaneous Glass Breakage

Talk points

Potential causes of spontaneous glass breakage and their likelihood

Diagnostic techniques to differentiate between causes

Practices that can prevent spontaneous glass breakage

14:05 — 14:25

Felipe Flores

Façade and Building Physics Leader, South

Arup

Topic

Complex Façades in the Built Environment

Talk points

Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX

Savannah Convention Center, Savannah GA

Google Headquarters, San Jose CA

14:25 — 15:10

Moderator

Karen Zabarsky Blashek

Editor-in-Chief, Austin Home & Founder

Ground Up

Panelist

Martin Voelkle

Partner

Bjarke Ingels Group

Panelist

Melodie Yashar

VP of Building Performance and Design

ICON

Topic

3D Printing the Building Envelope Through Robotics, AI, and Material Science

Talk points

Making housing more affordable through 3D printed architecture

Developing a low carbon residential building system

Designing wall systems for fire, flood and wind-resistant homes

Session summary

Karen Zabarsky Blashek

15:10 — 15:15

Topic

Vote of Thanks & End of the Conference

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