(Inter)national Facades
Mini conference
Faculty of Architecture,
TU Delft, The Netherlands
28 May 2009
ergsma ( TU Delft) : WHY?
Arie B
a l Fa c a de Master
In ter nation

International Façade Master
WHY?
Arie Bergsma
TU Delft Faculty of Architecture
Chair Design of Construction
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

Our homework/some questions:
• …….
• What is an international façade?
• What are historically typical Dutch facades?
• What makes Dutch façade special today?
• What are Dutch facades internationally known for?
• What determines this specialism? Is it the culture, climate,….?
• Who determines this specialism? (building industry, architects, clients, media like television, internet?)
• Should we educate for the national or the international market?
• Can you create a Dutch national façade when you are not Dutch?
• ………
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

Example:
(inter)national façade  specialism & complexity
- Expertise
- Level of complexity
- Quality
- Skills
- Capacity
- Status
- Communication
-Transport
- Economy
- Supply and demand
-Etc.
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

EPS (Sto; GE)
Sand-lime brick (Xella, GE)
Example:
(inter)national façade  material & products Stucco (Sto, GE)
- Geographic scale
- Supply and demand
- Quality Pinewood frame (FI, S)
- Esthetics
- Tradition
- Knowledge Insulating glazing (SGG, Fr)
- Etc.
Aluminium frame (Reynaers, BE)
Windowsill (Marble, TU)
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

Example:
(inter)national façade  indentity, tradition & history
- Scale
- Tradition
- Local materials
- Globalization
- Communication
- Internet & media
- Identity
- Transport
- Status
- New functions
- Etc.
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

supply and demand,
esthetics, knowledge,
tradition,
geographic scale,
expertise, level of
complexity, economy,
Why national or international façade?: skills, status,
globalisation,
transport, communication,
internet, network
of skills and
capacities,etc.
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

My opinion:
(Almost) every façade is western society is international,
depending on scale level and point of view.
Interesting question is: what are the mechanisms
responsible for this international context?
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

supply and demand,
esthetics, knowledge,
tradition,
geographic scale,
expertise, level of
complexity, economy,
Why (international) façade program?: skills, status,
globalisation,
transport, communication,
internet, network
of skills and
capacities,etc.
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

International façade master
Main features:
1. Link to (inter)national practice
2. (Inter)national network of Universities
3. Research link to Façade Research Group (DOC)
Education:
4. Overview program
5. Examples graduation work
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

1. Link to (inter)national practice:
- Knowledge exchange (active participation in education)
- Coaching of students
- Possibilities of practical work
- Network with industry
- Financial support by industry
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

2. Façade Research Group:
- Link to Research & Development
- Workshops and conference
- Get students involved in the chair and current
developments.
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

3. (Inter)national network:
Partners:
- TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences (NL)
- Hochschule Detmold (GE)
- Luzerne University (CH)
- Others: Gent (BE), Bath (UK)….
- Research exchange
- International conference and student workshops
- Network
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

4. Education
Main features:
Msc 1: Msc 2:
- Organised by department Building Technology -Applied mechanics I (4 ECTS) -Applied mechanics II (2 ECTS)
- Computer Aided Design (4 ECTS) - Construction Design (2 ECTS)
- 1st year (basic knowledge) combined with AE and R&D - Product Development (1 ECTS) Building Law ( 1 ECTS)
- Materials Science (4 ECTS) Structural Design ( 2 ECTS)
- Specialisation starts second year - Building Physics 5 ECTS) Techn. Building Design (4 ECTS)
- Product Design (8 ECTS) Building Physics II (2 ECTS)
- Production Techniques (2 ECTS) Climate Design (2 ECTS)
- Methodology (2 ECTS) + 15 ECTS free electives
Msc 3: Msc 4:
- Future Façade Design (9 ECTS) - Graduation work (30 ECTS)
- Façade Technology) (6 ECTS)
- Preparation graduation work (15 ECTS)
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

5. Example graduation work I
Topic: low energy cooling façade for office building in
Bangkok (Ratanatip Tipsuriyaporn)
Research/Phd topic: International Façade (Marcel Bilow)
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

5. Example graduation work II
Topic: research on 3d shaped concrete panels (Arnoud
Schoufs/ Koen Huijghe)
Research/Phd topic: 3D curved facades (Daan
Rietbergen)
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

5. Example graduation work III
Topic: refurbishment of faculty of Civil Engineering; focus
on climate & comfort aspects (Hilde Roodvoets)
Research/Phd topic: Façade Refurbishment (Thiemo
Ebbert)
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

5. Example graduation work IV
Topic: refurbishment of faculty of Electrical Engineering;
focus on sustainability & materials (Wuri Nastiti)
Research/Phd topic: Façade Refurbishment (Thiemo
Ebbert)
BOUT-DOC Mini Conference - (inter)national facade - 28-05-09

5. Example graduation work V
Topic: Rapid Prototyping and manufacturing in design
(Leonie van Ginkel)
Research/Phd topic: Rapid Manufacturing (Holger Strauss,
Detmold)
Features:
- Rapid Technology for Building Construction
- New ways of constructing facades
- Scale as parameter for RP-Design
- Influence of new technologies to façade design

5. Example graduation work VI
Topic: Rapid manufacturing in Future Façade Design
(Nathan Volkers)
Research/Phd topic: Rapid Manufacturing (Holger
Strauss, Detmold)
Features:
- Existing approaches towards the Functionaly Integrated
Façade (FIF)
- FIF functions
- Integrating without adding
- Plug and Play Façade

(Inter)national Facades
Mini conference
Faculty of Architecture,
TU Delft, The Netherlands
28 May 2009
ergsma ( TU Delft) : WHY?
Arie B
a l Fa c a de Master
In ter nation