The document provides a summary of the NanaWall Façade Tour 2011 that took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Osnabruck, Germany in June 2011. Over the 3 day tour, the group visited various architectural sites featuring operable façade systems, including renovated buildings, a school, and office buildings. They toured the Solarlux showroom and plant, learning about testing and production of operable double skin façade systems. The tour concluded with goodbyes in Osnabruck.

1. NanaWall Façade Tour 2011 Amsterdam ,The Netherlands Osnabruck, Germany June 2011

2. Day 1 Preparing for the Audio Tour

3. Outside the Lloyd Hotel A renovated reformatory is now a cultural embassy.

4. Helge laying out the game plan.

5. It’s a Beautiful Day

6. The Stretch Barge

7. The Eastern Docklands

8. Glass, rocks and bricks make up this courtyard.

9. Double Skin in the Eastern Docklands

10. On the Waterfront

11. A perfect day - sunshine with a pleasant breeze.

12. An operable solution for shade and sound.

13. Modular School

14. The architect explains the design and economics behind this modular school.

15. “Wimpie” out on the river.

16. Balconies “Not just a place to store your bicycle and hibachi.”

17. The “Golden Rule” Bicycles have the right of way since the get their own pathway.

18. Facades-Canals-Bicycles A Day in the Life of Amsterdam

19. The Design Freedom Corridor

20. “Operable Double Skin with a Thermal Cavity” Thanks Mic

21. Open Air Living

22. A Modern Life on the Water

23. “Sail on Sailor”- From the mid 1500’s to the late 1600’s the Dutch ruled the sea’s.

24. What no rail ?

25. Operable Thermally Broken Double Skin System on the Water

26. A neighborhood of contemporary facades.

27. Bill shows off his new signature line of cars.

28. New vs. Old Facades Hybrids vs. “Ducks” Vehicles

29. Now you know why they call it “The Duck”.

30. Yes, time for a café and for others “it’s five o clock somewhere”.

31. Time for the canal tour….. As Popeye would say – “All aboard that’s going aboard”

32. Finding Nemo with a patina.

33. All things Amsterdam Canals, Facades , Boats and Bicycles

34. Webster’s definition of a yacht: Any nautical craft for pleasure.

35. Taking in the canals by boat.

36. Again, bicycles do have the right of way.

37. Ongoing façade restoration can be witnessed throughout the city.

38. Postcard Day

39. Michel and Bob agree- “Viva La Citroën”

40. The Symphony Hall

41. “Symphony Crashers “ To be released in local theaters everywhere.

42. Sorry George, No Pink Floyd Tonight

43. Day 2 “Going Green”

44. On the roof of a gym.

45. Literally a green façade.

46. We do chicken and green facades right !

47. “No photographs” the man yelled and thanks to Gino he went back to bed.

48. Artist commissioning as part of this façade.

49. Options: open, closed or partially opened.

50. Operable systems used in all the openings.

51. Park View Living “Moving on Up”

52. Luxury living with avant garde design.

53. Open Air Courtyard.

54. Details within the façade work.

55. A park within a park.

56. Potted plants to scale. I know there is a good joke here, come on we are in Amsterdam.

57. Good news, I am putting the band back together and we are going to be called: Deep Balconies

58. Moving on to the Port District

59. Conversion from a conveyer system to commercial space.

60. Hard to capture the magnitude of this structure on camera.

61. As well as the magnitude of these River Cruise Ships.

62. Nautical elements are obvious in the intent of the design in this former ship building district.

63. Modular container living in the port district.

64. As we catch the ferry and catch a glimpse of a de-commissioned Soviet era submarine.

65. Hydrofoil Voskhod-1090hp can cruise at 33 knots with 70 passengers

66. You don’t see one of these everyday. It’s like being on the set of a James Bond movie.

67. BOTEL; could not find this one in Webster’s Dictionary

68. Sailing through the sea of cranes.

69. One of many interesting projects under construction and another “laser focused” bicyclist.

70. Lunchtime on the bridge.

71. An open kitchen platform on the bridge.

72. Sailing in to The Comfort Office

73. Solarlux – The Comfort Office Njiverdal, The Netherlands

74. Explaining the energy efficiencies of this operable double skin office building.

75. Double Skin provides comfort and energy efficiency.

76. Today where at 350 watts per hour that equals 1/5 of a hair dryer.

77. All Glass Display

78. Green roof with red plants.

79. Day 3 Solarlux Showroom Bissendorf, Germany

80. Modular Balcony Systems on display.

81. Enjoying that new Conference Room smell.

82. Now Showing in the Architectural Tower “Operable Double Skin Systems”

83. Ralph starts the plant tour.

84. George’s favorite part of the plant; the testing lab and pushing the limits.

85. Million cycle testing.

86. Yes, the SL25 off to a balcony or building somewhere in the world.

87. The wood working facility and it’s state of the art C&C routing.

88. Thanks Kerstin for all your support and assistance.

89. The Night Watchman Tour

90. Ed putting his Night Watchman face on.

91. Q & A on the Facades of the 15th Century

92. Explaining married life in the 1500’s.

93. Could the tower be haunted ?

94. Life back in the Dark Ages.

95. Bill will put an end to any talk about ghosts or witches.

96. Oh yes, the Arch and Waterloo discussion.

97. “Cheeky” Art imitates life or vice a versa ?

98. Auf Wiedersehen und Danke Osnabruck

99. Your Cast and Crew From left to right: Stefan, Gino, Matt, Kirk, George, Alex, Nicole, Michael, Andy, David, Mic, Michel, Bob, Christof, and Bill.