Pushing the Envelope: the changing function of building envelopes and Melbourne's facade

11 September, 2011

Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Pushing the Envelope: the changing function of building envelopes and Melbourne’s facade

Once seen simply as the skin and a façade of the building, building envelopes have taken on a more critical role for architects over recent years. Beyond protecting us from elements, the building envelope has the potential to actively promote the happiness of their users as multi-sensory environmental filters.

The building envelope plays a key role in determining the internal comfort of buildings so they present architects, engineers, project managers and owners with an opportunity to do improve outcomes.

The challenge is to consider new approaches to maximise occupant and community well-being. Facades can play a key role and good design means rethinking the fundamentals and looking for new opportunities for a holistic building envelope approach and the benefits it can bring to building function and comfort.

Hosted by Mecca Events and led by Arup Facade Associate Chris Hube, this event will look at current and future trends in building envelopes including “living facades”, actors driving change for new facade systems, low environmental impact materials: timber & recycled materials, new design approaches around the globe, building envelope as a productive element, and the role of building envelopes in occupant wellbeing

Chris will also present case studies of domestic and international façade projects where design innovation, engineering integrity and material selection have optimised building envelope efficiencies.

Date and time: Tuesday 11 September 2018, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm AEST

Location: Level 1, 41 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia

Cost: $64.61 – $71.50 AUD

Register here.

For further information, please contact Mark Gledhill or (t): 0419 518 642