100th Edition – Zak World of Façades India

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100th Edition – Zak World of Façades India

edition

100

Date

14 October 2022

Venue

ITC Maratha

City

Mumbai

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About this edition

This will be the 100th edition globally and the 9th edition in Mumbai 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

08:45 — 09:30

Topic

Delegate Registration & Networking

Mrinalini Ghadiok

Architect and Design Culturist

Topic

Event Convenor & Host

09:30 — 09:35

Topic

Opening Address

09:35 — 09:40

Esha Sharma

National Key Account Manager – Retail & Major Projects

Technal in India

Topic

Welcome Address

09:40 — 10:00

Yatin Patel

Founder

DSP Design Associates

Topic

Future Forward Façade

Talk points

Strategies with dynamic takeaways from façade across the world

10:00 — 10:20

Niraj Borikar

Country Manager

DanPal India

Topic

Translucent Façade Solutions for Optimized Light and Solar Control

Talk points

Understanding natural daylighting as a precious commodity

Designing with light in mind

Light and solar control

10:20 — 10:40

Russell Cole

Façade Leader

Arup

Topic

How the Façade Industry will Save the World

Talk points

How façades have a huge impact on our world through their appearance, role in the performance of a building and impact on the environment

The façade industry's potential to make a huge impact through good designs, decisions and influence

Taking opportunities to make sure the industry can play its part and be a positive force in our societies and good global citizens

Examples and suggest how the industry might improve itself

10:40 — 11:00

Arun Madappallath

General Manager - South Asia

Serge Ferrari Group

Topic

Tensile Fabric Façade - Architectural Functions and Benefits

Talk points

Face: Design Identity

Function: Thermal & visual comfort, solar protection & energy savings

Fashion: Dynamic façades with day/night effect

Safety: Conformity to International fire norms & regulations

11:00 — 11:20

Topic

Networking Tea / Coffee Break

11:20 — 11:40

Mathieu Meur

Director

DP Façade

Topic

The Future of Façades

Talk points

Design process disruptors

Innovative materials

Disruptive construction technologies

11:40 — 12:00

Arvind Kumar

Communication & Business Development Manager - MEI & SEA

Hydro Building Systems

Topic

Imagine Beyond Limits – The Façades of Today and Tomorrow

Talk points

Understanding natural daylighting as a precious commodity

Designing with light in mind

Light and solar control

12:00 — 12:30

Michael Bischoff

Partner

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Topic

Learning from Mumbai: Case Studies from 15 Years In India

Talk points

High-tech in Hyderabad: How a vision for an undulating linear building with an energy-efficient glass and aluminum skin launched a decade of development in the now-thriving Gachibowli district, setting a new standard of sustainability and iconic identity for international tech companies in India

Scaling Up: Set on a former mill site in central Mumbai, Lodha Place animates the skyline with three residential towers while energizing the city with a lively shopping boulevard. The project marries local construction practices with material and other advances, including a hybrid megastructure geometry and high-performance façades

Campus as Community: Innovative tech campuses designed for live/work/play point the way toward a flourishing, sustainable urbanism in Bengaluru and beyond

12:30 — 13:15

Moderator

KR Suresh

Regional Director

Avante Facade

Panelist

Khushbu Davda

Partner

Studio Emergence

Panelist

Qutub Mandviwala

Principal

Mandviwala Qutub and Associates

Panelist

Rajeev Trehan

Senior Associate Architect

Architect Hafeez Contractor

Panelist

Sonia Kalia

Principal - Design

Godrej Fund Management

Panelist

Vrinda Shetty

Executive Director

Bentel Associates

Panelist

Yogesh Jog

Senior Vice President

CannonDesign

Topic

Influence of Digital Tools & Modelling for Designing Façades

Talk points

How were façades designed before the era of digitalization

How is 3D visualisation influencing client aspirations

Can advanced softwares assist in aiding and simplifying façade design

Current status quo of designing façades in India using modelling softwares and tools and their role in aiding sustainable goals

Insight on the future of digital tools in helping designing, executing and maintaining buildings

Session summary

KR Suresh

13:15 — 14:00

Topic

Networking Lunch Break

14:00 — 14:20

Hiten Sethi

Founder

Hiten Sethi Architects

Topic

Impactful Influence of Façades

Talk points

National Cancer Institute (NCI) – Hospital, Nagpur

Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) – Govt. Facility/Institutional Building

Science Centre – Museum

14:20 — 14:40

Malvinder Singh Rooprai

Senior Technical Program Manager - APAC

Kuraray

Topic

Designing Laminated Glass with Advanced Interlayers

Talk points

Structural Interlayers

Splinter resistant glazing (Blast & bullet resistance)

SentryGlas® vs SGP

14:40 — 15:00

Rajan Govind

Director - Façade + Construction Tech Specialist

BES Consultants

Topic

Advanced Design Techniques for New Age Challenges

Talk points

Cracking complex designs to a workable solutions

Building forms, no limits to imagination

Everything is possible, just approach it right

Built in India, don't look outside

15:00 — 15:20

Ashish Mittal

Director - Engineering

Hilti India

Topic

Fire Protection of Curtain Wall Perimeter Joint System

Talk points

Key highlights of perimeter joint standards and test methods

Need for engineered & tested solution in curtain wall system

Best practices to follow w.r.t. design, installation, inspection & maintenance

15:20 — 15:40

Nivedita Vibhaw

Head Business Development & Marketing

Fundermax India

Topic

Cladding High-Rise Buildings

Talk points

Prerequisites of a high-rise building

Energy efficiency

Fire behavior

15:40 — 16:00

Rahul Miskeen

VP-Design & Planning

Glass Wall Systems

Topic

Design & Engineering Importance in Façades

Talk points

Why system design & engineering is important before execution

Understanding the project requirement – Design

Ease & better solution for execution of the project – Design & Engineering

16:00 — 16:20

Topic

Networking Tea/Coffee Break

16:20 — 16:40

Carl Bhesania

Director - Architecture

Talati and Partners

Topic

Solar Façades

Talk points

Importance of solar façades in a city like Mumbai

Solar façades technologies used in residential and commercial building

Project case studies

16:40 — 17:00

Edward Thomas Oommen

Manager - Façade

fischer India

Topic

Innovative Solutions for Façades

Talk points

ACT: Innovative and high-quality systems for safe and aesthetically sophisticated fixing of rainscreen façades

Cast-In Channels: Engineered for the most challenging façade connection designs

Firestop: Passive fire protection compartmentation solutions for unitized glazing and rainscreen façades

Anchors: Anchoring solutions for all façade solutions

17:00 — 17:45

Moderator

Gautam Bhasin

Director

Mirai

Panelist

Anuja Sawant

Principal Architect

SSA Architects

Panelist

Dr. Ananya Gandotra

Head - Design

Birla Estate

Panelist

Nilesh Dongre

Head - Developer Spaces

Edifice Consultants

Panelist

Sandeep Navlakhe

Executive Vice President

Tata Projects

Panelist

Yasmin Gill

Business Development Manager – Emerging Markets & Strategic Projects

Technal in India

Topic

Smart, Informed Procurement: Supply Chain and Market Challenges

Talk points

Is the role of the design team dove-tailed to be more collaborative and less confrontational?

Is the design process structured for innovation and brainstorming leading to an optimum procurement strategy?

Does performance driven value generally gets gets placed higher than pure cost?

Is program often well designed to cater to timely procurement and completion of the project

Can sustainability or carbon be a voluntary consideration in design and procurement?

Session summary

Gautam Bhasin

17:45 — 17:50

Topic

Vote of Thanks & End of the Conference

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