50th Edition - Zak World of Façades United Kingdom

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50th Edition - Zak World of Façades United Kingdom

edition

Date

02 October 2018

Venue

Hilton on Park Lane

City

London

Official page

About this edition

This was the 50th edition globally and the 2nd edition in UK. It showcased the latest innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to building envelopes and the latest technological solutions.

Russell Cole

Christoph Troska

Thomas Spitzer

Andrew Pryke

Sam Potter

Luke Lowings

David Metcalfe

Martin Liepmann

Mark Bax

Hans Jansen

João Simões

Phil Obayda

Colin Westpfel

Aaron Caffrey

Simone Pagani

Graham Coult

James Ford

Louisa Bowles

Paul Kalkhoven

Alex Wraight

Gary Clark

Gordon Talbot

Chris Cummings

Darren Kent

Peter Runacres

Steve Bosi

Klaus Hedding

Clyde Abela

Bruce Nicol

Anna Wendt

Judith Schulz

Meredith Davey

Christian Glatte

Claudia Farabegoli

David Barker

Kai-Uwe Bergmann

Max Radt

Meinolf Wortmann

Knut Stockhusen

Roy Weghorst

Carlos Piles

John Downes

Ron Hull

Phil Sedge

Dr. Bettina-Gerharz-Kalte

Mark Pniewski

Markus Plettau

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 Track A

Session 3 Track B

Session 3 Track C

Session 4

08:00 — 08:50

Stephen Tanno

Director Pre-Construction Services

Schüco International

Topic

Delegate Registration & Networking

08:50 — 08:55

Topic

Welcome Address

08:55 — 09:20

Knut Stockhusen

Partner

Schlaich Bergermann Partner

Topic

Weaving tomorrow

Talk points

Weaving tomorrow delivers deep insights into the collaborative nature of the creative part of an engineers work, which helps delivering unique international landmark projects from concept to construction

Materials of the future

Projects for a better future

Projects from a better past for a better future

09:20 — 09:45

Alex Wraight

Partner

Allies & Morrison

Topic

The Narrative of Shelter

Talk points

Representation

Layers

Craft

09:45 — 10:05

Max Radt

Director - Aluminium Systems + International Projects

Gutmann Bausysteme

Topic

“La casa del desierto” – A glass house in the desert!

Talk points

In the desert? – Shouldn’t we build a cave?

This is going to get hot!

Let’s take the challenge!

10:05 — 10:25

Paul Kalkhoven

Senior Partner & Head of Technical Design

Foster + Partners

Topic

Façades - Towards a holistic approach

Talk points

Façade design as part of an overall fire protection and natural ventilation strategy, and also of the acoustic and thermal building performance

Traditional versus unitised systems to achieve a reliable performance of joints and interfaces

How can we extend existing capabilities and what future potential is there?

10:25 — 10:45

Topic

NETWORKING & TEA/COFFEE BREAK

10:45 — 11:10

Russell Cole

Façade Leader

Arup

Topic

Façade design, fabrication and construction in a digital world

Talk points

How tools can help decide what the façade should be

Communicating design

Tracking what is going on

Additive fabrication and its potential

11:10 — 11:35

Christian Glatte

General Manager

Schüco Digital

Topic

Digitalisation from BIM to final construction

Talk points

Manage projects complexity and dynamic digitally

Improve efficiency from seamlessly integrated digital processes

Stay on the top of the project and save time, reducing risk and stress!

11:35 — 12:05

Kai-Uwe Bergmann

Partner

BIG Group

Topic

From hot to cold

Talk points

Exploring forces that shape our cities and buildings and their envelopes with case studies of projects through the scorching heat of the Arabian Desert to the unforgiving chill of the Finnish tundra

Exploring how design solutions are shaped by their cultural and climatic contexts to unlock the immense possibilities of adaptive architecture

Mitigating the climatic extremes for hospitable human life, while finding solutions that can be both economically and environmentally profitable

12:05 — 12:50

Moderator

Mark Pniewski

Director

Thorp Precast

Panelist

Andrew Pryke

Director of Design

BAM Construct

Panelist

Cobus Bothma

Director - Applied Research

KPF

Panelist

Colin Westpfel

Head of Design

Balfour Beatty

Panelist

Hans Jansen

Lead Concept Designer

Scheldebouw/Permasteelisa Group

Panelist

Lukas Romanczin

Director

Murphy Façade Studio

Panelist

Myles Taylor

Director

Squire & Partners

Topic

PANEL DISCUSSION: From Digital engineering to digital fabrication: How is the future of building skin design and construction changing?

Talk points

I-Façades: is Artificial intelligence in façades the new go-to thing for better performance

Streamlining complex façade designs through BIM: Benefits and challenges

Augmenting 3D printing for smart, well insulated and sustainable façades

Delivering complex façades in post digital era: Ticking durability, adaptability, maintainability, upgradability and recyclability boxes right

Session summary

Mark Pniewski

12:50 — 13:40

Topic

Networking Lunch Break

Ron Hull

Global Director - High Performance Products

Kuraray

Topic

Session Chair

13:40 — 14:00

Martin Liepmann

Associate Principal

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM)

Phil Obayda

Senior Associate Principal

SOM

Topic

Glass and the evolution of high-rise living

Talk points

Glass and where we live

Glass and how we live

Glass and why it matters

14:00 — 14:20

Anna Wendt

Partner

Buro Happold

Topic

The façade engineer bridging specialist engineering to make a vision viable

Talk points

How do we link an ever specialising world to true design intent?

Archineer or Engitect? Varying roles within a single discipline

How can collaborative engineering and interlinked models unlock design potential?

14:20 — 14:40

Klaus Hedding

Head of Business Development & Market Communication

Hoesch Schwerter Extruded Profiles

Veronica Muffatti

Business Development for Architectural Applications

Siderval

Topic

Architecture with steel - Façade profiles for ambitious architecture projects

Talk points

Transparency and freedom of design

Aesthetics, precision and variety of form

Energy efficiency, economy and sustainability

14:40 — 15:00

Markus Plettau

Marketing Manager - EMEA

High Performance Building Solutions, Dow Performance Silicones

Topic

Silicone technologies for high performance façades

Talk points

Changing the face of world cities enabled by silicone

Advances in non-glass panel bonding

Improving energy performance with silicones

15:00 — 15:20

Christoph Troska

Global Manager New Market Development

Kuraray

Topic

Advanced interlayer offer additional value for laminated safety glazing

Talk points

Principles of acoustic damping in glass, different PVB interlayers and their benefits

Examples of building application with laminated acoustic glazing and their advantages over regular glazing types

Structural interlayer offer both post breakage performance and thinner glass construction

15:20 — 15:50

Moderator

Saverio Pasetto

Head of Façades

Skanska

Panelist

David Metcalfe

Director

CWCT

Panelist

Gordon Talbot

Projects Director

Ian Ritchie Architects

Panelist

Graham Coult

Technical Director

Eckersley O'Callaghan

Panelist

Mark Bax

Architect Director

BDP

Topic

PANEL DISCUSSION: Architectural Glass 2.0: Transparent designing of future buildings

Talk points

Safe glazing: Balancing between delicate material and complex architecture designs

How are glass innovations helping in dynamic architecture?

What next in the future of glass?

Large-glass panes and the challenges for creating transparent building envelopes

Session summary

Saverio Pasetto

13:40 — 14:00

Stephen Taylor

Associate Director

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Topic

White Collar Factory: The journey of an ide

Talk points

Charting the development of this innovative building

From challenge, to research, to concept, to prototype, to building, to place

Creating a 21st century warehouse for work

14:00 — 14:20

Claudia Farabegoli

Design Director

Thornton Tomasetti

Topic

Looking back - Moving forward: Where history inspires innovation

Talk points

A very innovative take on the traditional bay window for Grosvenor Square

Modern tools to evaluate condensation risk for the new Lambeth Library

Complementing an Edwardian building along Oxford Street with a new glass block extension - Holden House

14:20 — 14:40

Darren Kent

Associate Director - Façades

Arup

Judith Schulz

Director | Fire Engineering

Arup

Topic

Total fire safety considerations for façade design

Talk points

Different evacuation strategies and what they that mean for your façade fire performance

Façade fire risks

What does this mean for those who design façades?

14:40 — 15:00

Adrian Brown

Group Compliance Officer

Siderise Group

Topic

ACP: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask

Talk points

Value proposition

Quality

Fire safety

15:00 — 15:20

Roy Weghorst

Head of Regulatory Affairs - Fire

Kingspan

Topic

Fire safety and façades - What are the challenges? Part 2

Talk points

Why system testing is important

Intermediate scale testing for extended applications

Assessing the performance of the full build up

15:20 — 15:50

Moderator

Phil Sedge

Director - Head of Façades

Mace

Panelist

Aaron Caffrey

Technical Director

Ballymore Group

Panelist

Colman Billings

Managing Director

Billings Design Associates

Panelist

Simon Lay

Director

OFR Consultants

Panelist

Steve Bosi

Director - Façade Engineering

WSP

Topic

PANEL DISCUSSION: Fire safety regulations for buildings: Changing dynamics of façade materials in UK

Talk points

Material: Do non combustible façades limit the choice of materials?

Cost vs Performance: Is it worth risking devaluating building assets?

Testing: Knitting effective testing regime and product traceability through “fire resistance” and “reaction to fire”

Responsibility: Stakeholder collaboration for the honest implementation of recommendations

Session summary

Phil Sedge

Sandeep Kashyap

Sales Director - Europe and Middle East

Halio International

Topic

Session Chair

13:40 — 14:00

Luke Lowings

Director

Carpenter | Lowings Architecture & Design

Topic

Less material – More presence

Talk points

A journey into our work with integration of light

Thoughts on thin glass

Gravity – A test case

14:00 — 14:20

Clyde Abela

Associate Director

Wintech

Topic

Improved façade U-values and associated risks related to interstitial and surface condensation formation

Talk points

Associated risks related to Interstitial and Surface Condensation Formation

Technical requirements for mitigation of internal, interstitial and external condensation formation

Methods for assessment of condensation risk: standard and best practices and their limitations

Robust façade construction systems

14:20 — 14:40

Meredith Davey

Director

Atelier Ten

Topic

Form vs Function: Envelope optimisation of design and performance

Talk points

Envelope optimisation

Face performance

Realising design whilst delivering high performance façades

14:40 — 15:00

Thomas Henriksen

Founder and Director

Henriksen Studio

Topic

Façade design for future building envelopes

Talk points

How new demands for low energy buildings require innovative façade solutions

What are the future solutions for today’s architectural demands and the ever evolving performance requirements

Developing safety prerequisites to buildings and how they can be achieved in an energy efficient way

15:00 — 15:20

Bruce Nicol

International Business Development Head

Priedemann Façade Experts

Topic

To shade or not to shade? That is the question

Talk points

Current solar shading on façades

Trends in glass design

A future with dynamic glass

15:20 — 15:50

Panelist

Chris Cummings

Technical Director - Environmental and Sustainability

ChapmanBDSP

Panelist

James Ford

Partner

Hoare Lea

Panelist

Louisa Bowles

Partner

HawkinsBrown

Panelist

Simone Pagani

Senior Partner

GIA

Topic

PANEL DISCUSSION: Solar shading and daylighting for smart buildings

Talk points

How are solar shading technologies evolving to adapt to a changing climate and increased focus on building performance?

Balancing sunlight and daylight penetration for improved health and wellbeing

Designing for users: Do they need control?

Dynamic glazing: Is smart glass the new game changer?

Session summary

David Barker

15:50 — 16:10

Topic

Networking Tea/Coffee Break

16:20 — 16:40

Thomas Spitzer

Managing Director

Seele

Topic

The potential of high-end all-glass structures

Talk points

Design & engineering

Large format glass properties

Logistics of large glass sizes

16:40 — 17:00

Carlos Piles

Head of Ductal® Europe

Ductal® by LafargeHolcim

Pascal Pinet

Head of Façades

Saint-Gobain Glass France

Topic

Ductal: Unveiling an innovative material

Talk points

Operations: Licensing, quality control and production

Regulations: Complying with codes & sustainable construction

Creating a professional ecosystem and developing solutions

17:05 — 17:12

Bettina-Gerharz-Kalte

Vice President Thermal Insulation

Evonik Resource Efficiency

Topic

PechaKucha 20x20: Safe, slim and sustainable: CALOSTAT® - the non-combustible high-performance insulation material for façades

Talk points

Slim insulation for thinner walls and more space

New systems for rain-screen-façades and façade elements

Non-combustible for real fire protection on new-build and refurbishment

17:12 — 17:57

Sam Potter

Design Director

Reef Group

Panelist

Daryl Roots

Strategic Procurement Manager

Sir Robert McAlpine

Panelist

João Simões

CEO

OTIIMA

Panelist

John Downes

Global Head - Façade Supply Chain

Lendlease

Panelist

Peter Runacres

Senior Projects Director

Argent

Panelist

Sean Butler

Sales Director - Metal Construction

Schüco UK

Topic

PANEL DISCUSSION: Façade Landscape Evolution: Continued improvisation of the industrial best practices

Talk points

International Procurement: Procuring bespoke façades suiting local requirements

Is the supply-only-contracts new go-to method?

Challenging the status quo: How are new players changing the façade delivery norms

Pre-Construction Services Appointments

Delivering Improved Construction Partnering "Trust, Quality & Value"

Session summary

Stephen Tanno

17:57 — 18:00

Topic

Vote of Thanks & End of the Conference

18:00 — 19:30

Topic

Networking Reception (by invite only)

How it was

Partners

Presenting Partner

Associate Partners