Chicago
October 7, 2022
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6 AIA/OAA HSW CEUs
Join us in person at the Holiday Inn Chicago Downtown—Wolf Point
The premier conference on high performance building enclosures
In its 10th year, Facades+ continues to bring together the world’s most talented building professionals.
Facades+ Returns to the Windy City with an all-new program featuring the latest development in building enclosure design and technology. Co-Chaired by Stephen Katz and Ashley Rogow of Gensler’s Chicago Office this program will cover everything from high-performance facades, to new iconic projects across the city and region, and strategies for increasing climate resilience and energy performance.
Here are some of the themes we’ll explore at Facades+ Chicago
- Facades and Energy Performance: Challenges and Solutions
- Fabrication Futures: Advances in Materials for Building Envelope Excellence
- New Definitions of Good Façade Design: Expanding the Envelope
Morning
Symposium Presentations
Methods+Materials Gallery
Afternoon
Workshops
Earn up to 6 CEUs
Location
Holiday Inn Chicago
Downtown – Wolf Point
350 West Wolf Point Plaza
Chicago, IL 60654
Featured Speakers
Symposium
Friday, October 7 – Times in CST
8:30 – 9:30 AM
9:40 – 10:40 AM
Recent advancements in facade design and material engineering have created major improvements in building envelope energy performance. While this has had a direct positive impact on operational energy use, major improvements will be required in order to meet the coming net zero energy targets. Panelists will discuss facade design and engineering trends that offer both challenges and potential solutions on the road to greater sustainability, including enhanced solar protection, thermal comfort, natural ventilation, and low-carbon materials.
8:55 – 9:00 AM
10:45 – 11:15 AM
9:00 – 10:00 AM
This roundtable with leading building materials manufacturers will discuss the advanced materials newly available and just around the corner. Learn how architects can work together with manufacturers to build with the latest, most up-to-date technologies and projects, and hear what’s next for the industry.
12:05 – 1:00 PM
1:00 – 1:30 PM
New buildings in the Lincoln Yards development and Fulton Market areas of Chicago offer insights into market trends that are shaping our urban fabric. New facades are reshaping these parts of the city, shifting where and how Chicagoans work. These case studies will explore how designers at Gensler and developers at Sterling Bay are working together to achieve envelopes that wrap programmatically unique buildings, offering roadmaps for collaborative design work.
1:30 – 2:30 PM
The days of good façade design being measured on a purely aesthetic scale are long gone. While aesthetics are still an important factor, energy and environmental performance are shaping the future of facade design. For a façade design to be considered successful, it must play a vital role in reducing the energy impact of a building, and contribute in meaningful ways to building occupant comfort and well-being. Join us for a conversation on how building envelope aesthetics are shifting in response to new materials, code requirements, and client requests for environmentally stronger facades.
1:00 – 1:30pm
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
4:00 – 4:30 PM
Mariusz Klemens and Juan M. Villafañe of Krueck Sexton Partners will present the International Square Food Hall, a case study for a naturally ventilated building in Washington DC. They will discuss the project background, main design drivers, and detailing, offering solutions for natural ventilation as needs for occupant comfort are changing.
4:30 – 4:40 PM
Testimonials
The FACADES+ conference offers architectural participants at all levels of experience great opportunities. Recent graduates learn from experts and develop a basic understanding of facade issues to share with their colleagues. Seasoned professionals contribute to the development of a richer facade design vocabulary within the profession.
Facades + NYC was a great day filled with engaging discussions and presentations. The keynote on carbon reduction and regenerative design was insightful and a wake-up-call to the architecture profession on the environmental and social impact of our work. Facades+ delivers transformative ideas for the profession.
This year’s Facades+ LA event was impressive. It was a gathering of people seeking knowledge about the integration of environmental excellence in our industry and the work we need to do. Congratulations on the Facades + team and their efforts at putting together an amazing event.
Big thank you to AN’s Facades + Boston and industry partners for an inspirational day packed with inspiring stories, projects, and design excellence for reuse, resilience, health, sustainability, performance, renewal, and community!
I had the pleasure of participating in a panel at Facades+ focused on sustainability and real estate development. The conference provided a unique platform to exchange ideas and insights beyond the traditional architectural perspective. I truly valued the opportunity to learn from the diverse array of professionals present.
Facades+ LA has been an invaluable platform fostering a network of facade and sustainability-minded professionals, offering unparalleled insights and strategies that elevate our collective commitment to environmentally-conscious and inspiring building envelopes.
Facades+ is a great event and the presentations are always very informative. This is my second year attending and I learned something meaningful on both occasions.
Facades+ continues to be the premier event for architects with interesting product showcases and well curated lectures by leaders in the industry!
Over the past 12 years, Facades+ has evolved into a vital voice within the facades industry. Facades+ continues to provide a much needed forum for facade geeks and created a vibrant community we so desperately needed.
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