Executive Design of the Façade Systems: Typologies and Technologies of the Advanced Building Envelopes (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)

The book examines the typological and technological constitution of the principal advanced façade systems in the contemporary design and experimental scenario, proposing itself as a knowledge and operational tool currently lacking in the technical literature of the sector at an international level. It considers the field of advanced façade systems in a scientific way, constituting a support for the study and the executive design. The book investigates in detail, in an analytical form, the constitution of the components on a typological and geometrical, functional and constructive level, on the basis of the documents and knowledges acquired from the essential contemporary production and construction references. At the same time, the book is configured in a handbook form as a reference for understanding and application with respect to traditional and complex façade systems. For each main type of façade, the book provides explanations and scientific information for investigating and designing the advanced façades according to the characteristics of the mullions and transoms façade system (stick system), of the structural sealant glazing façade system, of the unit façade system, of the suspended façade system and of the double-skin façade system. Preface Contents 1 The Composition of the Façade Systems in Building Technology 1.1 The Typological, Functional and Operational Definition of the Façade Systems 1.2 The Productive and Executive Articulation of the Façade Systems 1.3 The Environmental and Energy Functioning of the Façade Systems 1.4 Interactive Processing of the Façade Systems References 2 The Typology of the Mullions and Transoms Façade System 2.1 The Geometrical, Executive and Connective Configuration of the Mullions and Transoms Framing 2.2 The Functional, Constructive and Coordination Procedures Between the Façade System and the Window and Door Frames 3 The Typology of the Structural Sealant Glazing Façade System 3.1 The Geometrical, Executive and Connective Configuration of the Framing for Structural Sealant Joints 3.2 The Functional, Constructive and Applicative Coordination Procedures of the Mullions and Transoms Framing 3.3 The Functional, Constructive and Coordination Procedures Between the Façade System and the Main Interfaces 4 The Typology of the Unit Façade System 4.1 The Geometrical, Executive and Connective Configuration of the Unit Façade Framing and Joints 4.2 The Functional, Constructive and Applicative Coordination Procedures of the Mullions and Transoms Framing 5 The Typology of the Suspended Façade System 5.1 The Geometrical, Executive and Connective Configuration of the Suspended Façade Framing and Joints 5.2 The Functional, Structural and Constructive Procedures of the Suspending Framing and Devices 5.3 The Functional, Constructive and Coordination Procedures Between the Façade System and the Main Interfaces 6 The Typology of the Double Skin Façade System 6.1 The Functional, Executive and Connective Configuration of the Double Skin Façade Composition 6.2 The Functional, Constructive and Typological Constitution of the Continuous and Discontinuous Double Skin Façade System