103rd Edition – Zak World of Façades United Kingdom

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103rd Edition – Zak World of Façades United Kingdom

edition

103

Date

03 November 2022

Venue

Hilton on Park Lane

City

London

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About this edition

This will be the 103rd edition globally and the 7th edition in UK 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 Track A

Session 3 Track B

Session 3 Track C

Session 4

08:00 — 08:50

Topic

Delegate Registration & Networking

08:50 — 09:00

Topic

Welcome Address

09:00 — 09:30

Keith Priest

Founding Partner

Fletcher Priest Architects

Topic

Unwrapping Our Process

Talk points

Design, research and challenge

Explore, analyse and communicate

Mock up, model and make

09:30 — 09:55

Kenneth Zammit

Principal

Thornton Tomasetti

Topic

Machine Learning: Past the Hype to Practical Applications in Façade Engineering

Talk points

An introduction to machine learning as data science

Accelerating change with the tools already available

Application of machine learning and augmented reality on projects today

09:55 — 10:20

Andreas Dziuk

Pre-Construction Services Director

Schüco International

Topic

Potential of Smart Façades to Reduce Operational Carbon

Talk points

Operational carbon of buildings

Active Cavity Transition façade

Case study in Germany

10:20 — 10:27

Stephen Beck

International Buliding Project Manager - UK & I

AGC Glass Europe

Topic

Holistic Approach for the Production of Low-Carbon Glass

10:27 — 11:00

Topic

Networking Tea / Coffee Break

11:00 — 11:25

John Bushell

Principal

Kohn Pedersen Fox

Topic

The City as Quarry: Transforming an Outdated Building to Create the Workplace of the Future

Talk points

Embracing the tenets of circular design, through the creative reuse of the original Portland stone façade

Reducing operational carbon with a high-performance envelope

Transforming the workplace by increasing access to daylight and the introduction of mixed-mode ventilation

11:25 — 11:40

David Entwistle

Director of Major Projects

Saint-Gobain Glass

Topic

Sustaining the Momentum - Further Adventures in Decarbonising Glass

Talk points

What have we done?

What are we doing?

What will we do?

11:40 — 12:10

Adrian Betanzos

Principal

VIA

Topic

Innovating Design and Materials

Talk points

Transforming materials into delightful outcomes

The role of forming partnerships to develop innovation

Quality as a key element of the design

12:10 — 12:40

Gideon Maasland

Director

MVRDV

Topic

Future Cities

Talk points

Porocity

Valley

Crystal Houses

12:40 — 13:40

Topic

Networking Lunch Break

Claire Tribe

Pre Construction Director - Façades

McLaren

Topic

Session Chair

13:40 — 14:00

Alina White

Associate

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Amanda Whittington

Partner

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Topic

Beauty and Material Choice

Talk points

Battersea Exchange

Temple Quarter

Three Chamberlain Square

14:00 — 14:25

Ayman El-Hibri

Associate Director

WilkinsonEyre

Jonathan Wilson

Associate Director - Façades

Arup

Topic

8 Bishopsgate – Taking Sustainability to Scale in The City

Talk points

Maximising development area by form finding collaborative approach at the earliest stage of the project and arranging the massing around lean component building blocks to develop conceptually efficient form

With the early focus of carbon reduction, a ‘total architecture’ approach with the use of innovative software and façade technology, a smart active façade making it UK’s tallest BREEAM Outstand building with façade playing key part

Utilising a lean façade system that adapts to the solar conditions, overshadowing from current and future buildings, limiting solar gains to high performance LETI requirements and maximise daylighting and views out of the building ensuring occupant comfort and wellness

The lean design, with a mission statement of ‘less is more’ in terms of material within the façade was only possible with the selection of an optimised smart active system

14:25 — 14:45

Will Stevens

Founder

Interface Façade Engineering

Topic

Embodied Carbon Reduction - Innovating a Design Tool for Maximum Impact

Talk points

The importance of reducing embodied carbon

Development of a design tool for embodied carbon analysis for facades

Case studies to show how early analysis can assist in embodied carbon reduction decision making

14:45 — 15:00

Jannick Roth

Head of Building Performance Engineering

WindowMaster International

Topic

Smart and Intelligent Automated Façades are Key to Achieving Sustainable and Indoor Climate Targets

Talk points

Sustainability as a parameter for selecting the right solution incl. energy, embodied carbon, economic etc.

Smart and intelligent vent control allowing for flexible and robust building design

Case studies showing how smart control and intelligent window automation fits into the sustainable agenda

15:00 — 15:15

Dan Norman

Specification Advisor

OBEX Protection

Topic

Helping Construction Create Safer, Higher Performance Buildings with Structural Integrity

Talk points

Statutory & regulatory compliance

Standards & testing

Real-world solutions

15:15 — 15:50

Moderator

Duncan Richards

Director

FMDC

Panelist

Angie Jim Osman

Director

Allies & Morrison

Panelist

Jack Ayre

Associate Director

AHMM

Panelist

Kemi Ayodele

Development Manager

Argent

Panelist

Mark Swinburne

Development Director

Argent

Topic

Panel Discussion: Kings Cross Redevelopment: The Story Thus Far

Talk points

What were the key decisions and milestones in the realisation for the vision of the regeneration of Kings Cross?

What was the development brief for individual buildings with key aspirations, drivers and expectations?

Insight on the architectural response to the brief and how has it been successful

How construction industry expectations and aspirations are changing fast and would the brief and response be different if these buildings were conceived in 2022?

Session summary

Duncan Richards

Giovanni Gori

Regional Director UK and Senior Façade Engineer

Maffeis Engineering

Topic

Session Chair

13:40 — 14:00

Peter Jackson

Principal | Europe Practice Leader

SOM

Topic

Frontier Façades

Talk points

System revolution - Chareau's Maison de Verre

New possibilities - SOM's Lever House

What next? - SOM's JTI, Sustainable Hybrid Timber Office Building, and the future

14:00 — 14:25

Kyriakos Chatziparaskevas

Associate | Project leader

Heatherwick Studio

Topic

Workplace of the Future: Google’s Bay View Canopies Transform Solar Energy Harvesting to an Innovative Design Feature

Talk points

Designing the optimum environment to invent ideas: under the lightweight canopies, two levels of flexible workspace, amenities and courtyards benefit from optimal daylighting that arrives in the heart of the building through clerestory windows

Draped between columns, the tent-like roof shape has been optimised for structural performance, daylight penetration and rainwater harvesting

The first-of-its kind dragonscale solar skin: clad with 50,000 seamlessly integrated solar panels, specifically designed for the project, the roof has the capacity to generate 40% of the building’s annual energy needs, positioning the scheme for LEED v4 Platinum certification

14:25 — 14:45

Sam Liptrott

Director | London

OFR Consultants

Topic

The Role of Façades in Fire Safety for Timber Buildings

Talk points

Challenges to overcome

Material selection

Robust details and fixing

14:45 — 15:00

Will Perkins

Group Managing Director

SE Controls

Topic

Façade Smoke Ventilation: Live Compliance, The Building Safety Act and the Digital Golden Thread

Talk points

How the landmark Building Safety Act received Royal Assent and became law in England earlier this year and what this means for product specifications and how this affects occupant safety

Digitalisation of fire safety products – clients’ needs, the Golden Thread and BS8644

Product performance validation, competence and live compliance; how technology can provide improve safety and reduce operating costs

15:00 — 15:15

Miguel Silva

UK Head of Specification

Effisus

Topic

Futureproofing Your Projects - A1 Fire Rated Membranes

Talk points

Breather & AVCL membranes & systems

Overview on solutions fully tested and approved, since 2011 covering 100% of UK façade applications

The importance of weatherproofing design with case studies

15:15 — 15:50

Moderator

Thomas Henriksen

Founder and Director

Henriksen Studio

Panelist

Angus Kearin

Head of Development

Urbanest

Panelist

Daniel Anglin

Project Director

Mace

Panelist

Laura Mezquita Gonzalez

Senior Architect

AHMM

Panelist

Megan Ancliffe

Senior Passivhaus Consultant

Henriksen Studio

Topic

Panel Discussion: High-Rise Passivhaus: Planning, Designing & Building London’s Largest Passivhaus

Talk points

A project discussion on the Palmerston Court Passivhaus project in Battersea, London. The diverse panel will present their different perspectives and experiences across the project covering the Client, Contractor, Façade Engineer, Architect and Passivhaus Consultant roles. The panel will discuss the challenges, innovations and successes of the project and how each approached achieving Passivhaus on a large, complex multi-use building.

Session summary

Thomas Henriksen

Saverio Pasetto

Head of Façades

Skanska

Topic

Session Chair

13:40 — 14:00

Mike Taylor

Principal

Hopkins Architects

Topic

The History of Architecture in 20 Façades

Talk points

Looking at the role of the façade in the evolution of architecture through the ages

Observing the impact of new technologies and how these have generated new types of building envelope

Picking out trends and anticipating where the next steps in this journey will take us

What it takes to make a great building

14:00 — 14:25

David Walker

Associate Director

WSP

Max Fawcett

Associate Principal

Grimshaw

Topic

HS2 Birmingham Curzon Street: Envelope Prefabrication and Sustainability

Talk points

Station shed and soffit

Platform canopies

Photovoltaic façade panels

14:25 — 14:50

Andrea Guiatti

Senior Associate

Populous

Francois Clement

Senior Principal

Populous

Topic

The Aeroplane Façade: Circular Economy in a Large-Scale Envelope

Talk points

Sustainable design based on a circular economy and how the design for the renovation of La Meinau Stadium reuses 4000sqm of upcycled aeroplane fuselages sections from decommissioned aircraft to bring comfort into a brand-new hospitality area

Adaptable modular connections and how the design team have linked together geometrically inconsistent elements into an integrated, engineered system

The challenge of making an upcycling process economically affordable while rethinking the typical envelope construction workflow, standardisation, logistics and optimisations

14:50 — 15:05

Axel Dell’Orto

Sales Director

Montanstahl

Topic

Steel Façade Profiles

Talk points

Sharp corner profiles

Hot extruded façade profiles

15:05 — 15:20

Allan Gibson

Global Product Segment Marketing Manager

Kuraray

Topic

Reducing Carbon Footprint of Laminated Glass Through the Use of Structural Interlayers

Talk points

Carbon footprint of interlayers for laminated glass

Solutions engineered into the façade

Embodied carbon reduction is achievable

15:20 — 15:50

Moderator

Andrew Morris

Senior Façade Engineer

Lendlease

Panelist

Aibi Ogbebor

Associate Director | Façade Engineering

Meinhardt Façade Technology

Panelist

Kate Donovan

Project Manager

Lendlease

Panelist

Mark Broom

Associate Director

ACME London

Topic

Panel Discussion: A Timber Oasis

Talk points

The brief

The design concept

Key challenges

Session summary

Andrew Morris

15:50 — 16:20

Topic

Networking Tea/Coffee Break

16:20 — 16:50

Jonathan Parr

Senior Partner and Deputy Head of Studio

Foster + Partners

Topic

Lusail Towers: Designing a Legacy

Talk points

Initial design: Designing for a new city

Developed design: Materiality and system design responses

Implementation: Realizing a complex cold bent façade at scale and speed

16:50 — 17:05

Tony Ryan

Chief Technical Officer

Siderise Group

Topic

Managing Fire Risk in the Structure and External Walls of the Building Envelope

Talk points

Façade types and how their function affects the performance requirements for cavity barriers

Evolving regulatory landscape, latest guidance, and increased focus on third party verification

How passive fire product manufacturers can help to support a safer built environment

Damian Rogan

Director of Façade Engineering

Eckersley O’Callaghan

David Metcalfe

Director

CWCT

John Downes

Global Head - Façade Supply Chain

Lendlease

Teni Ladipo

Associate | Façade Consultant

Buro Happold

Will Wild

Built Environment Lead

Climate Champions Team

Zara Edwards

Regional Director - Façade Engineering

AECOM

Topic

Panel Discussion: Façades as a Major Contributing Factor to Make Buildings Green: Is the Façade Industry Responding to the Climate Emergency?

Talk points

Designing low carbon façades to build green infrastructure for the years to come

Blending sustainability, aesthetics, and durability while shortlisting the materials for building envelope

Taking a holistic approach to achieve zero targets and how big a role façades can play in this

Creating a framework of measuring the progress of all the steps taken towards achieving sustainability in our buildings

Session summary

John Downes

17:50 — 17:55

Topic

Vote of Thanks & End of the Conference

17:55 — 19:45

Topic

Post Event Networking Reception

19:45 — 23:30

Topic

Society of Façade Engineering's Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony (Separate Invite Required)

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