40th Edition - Zak World of Façades South Africa

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40th Edition - Zak World of Façades South Africa

edition

Date

12 April 2018

Venue

Sandton Convention Centre

City

Johannesburg

Official page

About this edition

This was the 40th edition globally and 2nd edition in the African region. It showcased the latest innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to building envelopes and the latest technological solutions.

Neil MacLeod Director, Pure Consulting

Mark Jones CAD Specialist, Pure Consulting

Paul Carew Director, PJ Carew Consulting

Angelos Zografos Technical Sales Engineer, Elval Colour

Alex Dantziguian Managing Director - MEIA, Technoform

Firoz Kachwala Director, Future Architectural Glass

Ian Manson-Kullin Director, DSA Architects

Ellison Wang Regional Manager - Africa, Guangdong Kinlong Hardware Products

Dr Tillmann Klein Professor Building Product Innovation, Department of Architectural Engineering + Technology, Faculty of Architecture & the Built Environment, TU Delft Netherlands

Marco Macagnano Head of Sustainability, Bentel Associates

Warren Stanley Architectural Director, LYT Architecture

Rui Vieira Rodrigues Associate Director - Façade Engineering, Arup

Linda Ness Director, Ness Consulting

Stuart Wakeham Business Development Director Glazing (Asia and Africa), Tremco Illbruck

Frederic Roure Regional Manager - Africa, Serge Ferrari

Martin Meinesz Director, RLB Pentad

Chilufya Lombe Director, Partner, Solid Green

Henning Rasmuss Director, Paragon Group

Alexander Tornow Managing Director, Priedemann Africa

Tatiana Masalska Segment Manager - Facade, Hilti Middle East

Paul Tsalolikhin Global Marketing Director, Façades, Hilti

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

08:50 — 08:55

Topic

Welcome Address

09:00 — 09:30

Henning Rasmuss

Director

Paragon Group

Topic

Architectural perspectives: Façades for Africa

Talk points

Showcase of façade projects in up to 10 different countries – lessons learnt

African Capital Cities: the Why of the Look

Optimization and Software Integration: Casebook study: Hilton Garden Inn, Mbabane

09:30 — 10:00

Rui Vieira Rodrigues

Associate Director - Façade Engineering

Arup

Topic

Design optimisation and the building envelope

Talk points

Building envelope performance

Parametric conceptual design

Design & detailing automation

10:00 — 10:20

Frederic Roure

Regional Manager - Africa

Serge Ferrari

Topic

Tensile membrane façade - Lightweight + durable

Talk points

Functions and benefits

Market opportunities

Tensile membrane façade systems

10:20 — 10:40

Topic

NETWORKING & TEA/COFFEE BREAK

10:40 — 11:10

Mark Jones

CAD Specialist

Pure Consulting

Topic

Why we do what we do and how we do it (so far) - Pure façades

Talk points

Case studies on the South African projects SASOL, Discovery, KPMG Cape Town (oops Halyard House), 2 PYBUS Sandton and Katherine Towers

11:10 — 11:30

Stuart Wakeham

Business Development Director Glazing (Asia and Africa)

Tremco Illbruck

Topic

Compatibility issues with structural glazing

Talk points

Substrates

Other glazing components

Solutions

11:30 — 12:00

Warren Stanley

Passivhaus Designer

Henriksen Studio

Topic

Design with a twist (The Waterfall tower)

Talk points

Design challenges of a twisting façade

Understanding and mitigating the impact of solar reflections from concave façades

Architectural and structural collaboration

12:00 — 12:45

Moderator

Paul Carew

Director

PJ Carew Consulting

Panelist

Chilufya Lombe

Director

Partner, Solid Green

Panelist

Ian Manson-Kullin

Director

DSA Architects

Panelist

Linda Ness

Director

Ness Consulting

Panelist

Marco Macagnano

Head of Sustainability

Bentel Associates

Panelist

Martin Meinesz

Director

RLB Pentad

Topic

PANEL DISCUSSION: Sustainable Buildings: Façades as the key element for efficiency

Talk points

Understanding the role of building envelopes to meet local Green Building regulations

High performance glass: Specifying glass correctly for optimized usage in African region

Dynamic solar shading techniques: Managing heat gains and controlling cooling loads

Thermal performance in curtain wall & fenestration

Augmenting health and well-being of the inhabitants through innovations in façade design and materials

Session summary

Paul Carew

12:45 — 13:40

Topic

Networking Lunch Break

13:40 — 14:00

Topic

Inside is the new outside - Bringing solar shading elements into the building

Talk points

Clearing misconception that internal shading cannot provide similar performance to external shading

Understanding the building physics of internal shading

Achieving greater performance combined with more aesthetics by having shading internal to the glazing line removing a lot of the structural pressure on the devices and allowing for lighter and moveable devices being financially and technically viable

14:00 — 14:20

Alexander Tornow

Managing Director

Priedemann Africa

Topic

Please mind the gap

Talk points

C + E = FE

How to realise your facade project stays within clients budget

How to assure your façade will be executed in time and quality

14:20 — 14:40

Paul Tsalolikhin

Commercial Director (Europe)

Siderise Insulation

Topic

Why value engineering is the future?

Talk points

Building design requirements

Fixation solutions

Don’t take anything for granted: Value engineering real examples

14:40 — 15:00

Angelos Zografos

Technical Sales Engineer

Elval Colour

Topic

Quality lies in the details: The ACP case

Talk points

Characteristics of Aluminium

Core composition and fire classification

Coating systems

15:00 — 15:20

Tillmann Klein

Professor Building Product Innovation, Department of Architectural Engineering + Technology, Faculty of Architecture & the Built Environment

TU Delft Netherlands

Topic

Product service concepts for building envelopes

Talk points

Case studies and new façade products

New financial and legal models

Circular façade construction

15:20 — 15:40

Ellison Wang

Regional Manager - Africa

Guangdong Kinlong Hardware Products

Topic

Analysis of single vertical tension cable system

Talk points

Stress patterns & features of cable structures

Precautions in the design & construction of tension cable system

Case study on completed projects

15:40 — 16:00

Topic

Networking Tea/Coffee Break

16:00 — 16:20

Firoz Kachwala

Director

Future Architectural Glass

Topic

Innovative ideas for glass – Glare + Shading

Talk points

Problems with glare and high sunlight in African countries

Introducing ecoTHERM (IGU) with Solera®- 'the Real Daylighting Solution'

Bespoke façades with MESHDECO Sefar®- Architecture Vision

16:20 — 16:40

Alex Dantziguian

Managing Director

Technoform

Topic

Thermal break systems - The solution for saving energy, the environment and money

Talk points

Defining thermal break systems

Advantages

Evolution

16:40 — 17:25

Topic

Digital Fishbowl

Talk points

Delve into informal discussions on best practices in Façade Project Management prevalent in South Africa. The moderator-led open house discussion will provide the opportunity to include the views and thoughts of each of the attendees following the deliberations of the day. All questions to the panelists will be posted digitally via your smartphone with a simple interface.

17:25 — 17:30

Topic

Vote of Thanks

How it was

Partners

Associate Partners