Construction of the Façade Systems: Production and Assembly Procedures of the Advanced Building Envelopes (PoliMI SpringerBriefs)

The book explores the advanced façade systems according to the productive and constructive contents, in a cognitive and operative form, as a manual text to provide guidelines for researchers, technicians and professionals. It provides operational guidance for the technological design, production planning and site executive coordination for the realization of façade systems. The analysis deals with the main building elements and technical interfaces. The study of the façade systems, after explaining the anchoring structures and their connections to the load-bearing elements, investigates the criteria for the assembly between the framings. In particular, the book examines the technical interfaces of the main advanced envelope systems with respect to the functional, constructive and applicative coordination procedures of the mullions and transoms framing, of the structural sealant glazing façade system, of the unit façade system, of the suspended façade system and of the double skin façade system. The technical and manual character of the book is also expressed through the analysis of the functional and application procedures of the gaskets with respect to the façade systems in order to prevent the transmission of air and water loads: the analysis focuses on the connections between the framing and the enclosure elements of the envelope, in accordance with the compensation of height differences in order to guarantee impermeability, airtightness and insulation. Then, the book describes the assembly and interface conditions between elements of different composition and production within the façade systems: the examination of the technical interfaces involves the development and application of sealants, based on the loads exerted on the jointing devices, in order to fulfill the requirements of sealing and tightness with respect to mechanical, thermal and hygrometric, water, air and wind stresses. Moreover, the study of the envelope systems examines the methodologies directed toward fulfilling the requirements with respect to the actions caused by fire loads, considering the contents related to both components and connections and fixing surfaces. Preface Contents 1 The Productive, Constructive and Expressive Articulation of the Advanced Envelope Systems 1.1 The Contemporary Characters and Paradigms in Advanced Envelope Systems 1.2 The Customized, “Hybrid” and Integrated Envelope “System Proposals” 1.3 The Advanced Technologies and the Traditional Façade Stylemes References 2 The Structural Procedures of the Advanced Envelope Systems 2.1 The Typological and Structural Design of Envelope Frames 2.2 The Anchoring Procedures for the Façade Systems 3 The Building Procedures of the Advanced Envelope Systems 3.1 The Typologies of Connection of the Envelope Frames 3.2 The Assembly Procedures Between the Framing Profiles 3.3 The Connections of the Envelope Frames and the Drainage Procedures 3.4 The Mechanical and Structural Assembly of the Enclosures to the Envelope Frames 4 The Technical Interfaces of the Advanced Envelope Systems 4.1 The Functional, Constructive and Applicative Coordination Procedures of the Mullions and Transoms Framing 4.2 The Functional, Constructive and Applicative Coordination Procedures of the Structural Sealant Glazing Façade System 4.3 The Functional, Constructive and Applicative Coordination Procedures of the Unit Façade System 4.4 The Functional, Constructive and Applicative Coordination Procedures of the Suspended Façade System 4.5 The Functional, Constructive and Applicative Coordination Procedures of the Double Skin Façade System 5 The Connections Between the Framing Profiles and the Glazing Envelopes 5.1 The Framing Connection and Assembly Procedures by Means of Gaskets 5.2 The Assembly Procedures for the Glazing Envelopes 6 The Technical Processing of the Joints in the Façade Systems 6.1 The Procedures and Application of the Sealants Between the Technical Elements 6.2 The Application and Control of the Façade Seals 7 The Executive Design of the Technical Interfaces According to Performance Under Fire Loads 7.1 The Main Typologies of Façade and Their Evaluation of Fire Protection Solutions 7.2 The Standard References, Types of Test and Products for Fire Protection of the Façade Systems