Dedication
Table of Contents
Case Study Location Map
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Terri Meyer Boake
Introduction
1 A BIOCLIMATIC VIEW OF ARCHITECTURE
Climate and nature
Climate and culture
Bioclimatic design
Sustainable and regenerative design
Framework for analysis
2 DOUBLE-SKIN FAÇADE CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES
An integrative strategy
A bioclimatic kit of parts
Bioclimatic design concepts and strategies
3 DOUBLE-SKIN FAÇADE CLASSIFICATIONS
Cavity partitioning
Ventilation type and mode
Structural classification
Alternative nomenclatures
4 DOUBLE-SKIN FAÇADE HISTORY, PART I: ORIGINS
Buffer zones in vernacular architecture
Mid-19th Century: Glass for light and heat
20th Century: Glass for health, thermal comfort, and (sometimes) ventilation
Mid-20th century: Ventilation and acoustics in early DSF architecture
1970s: Energy focus feeds DSF development
1980s: Experimentation
5 DOUBLE-SKIN FAÇADE HISTORY, PART II: ADAPTATIONS
1990s: Proliferation in Europe
21st century: Global expansion
Supertall
6 DOUBLE-SKIN FAÇADES: MOTIVATIONS AND ALTERNATIVES
Motivations
Benefits, cautions, and costs
Alternatives
7 DOUBLE-SKIN FAÇADE PERFORMANCE IN PRACTICE
Façade performance
Façade design process
1 Predesign: Concepts and criteria
2 Schematic design: Models and iteration
3 Design development: Simulation of performance
4 Construction documentation: Collaboration with fabricators
5 Bidding / final buyout: Final fabrication drawings
6 Construction and closeout: Mockups, installation, and quality assurance
7 Post-occupancy: Evaluation and feedback loops
8 DOUBLE-SKIN FAÇADE CASE STUDIES
8.1 Marseille Library | BMVR de Marseille (Marseille, France, 1997-2004)
8.2 Grenoble Courthouse | Palais de Justice de Grenoble (Grenoble, France, 1994-2002)
8.3 Cambridge Public Library (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 2002-09)
8.4 Manitoba Hydro Place (Winnipeg, Canada, 2004-09)
8.5 Pearl River Tower | 珠江城大厦 (Guangzhou, China, 2005-13)
Resources
Index
Climate Classifications Map
Biography
Mary Ben Bonham is Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture + Interior Design at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She is a registered architect, NCIDQ-certified interior designer, and LEED-accredited professional.
"The building skin is the lynchpin to achieving sustainability and resilience goals in buildings and urban habitat, and double-skin façades are an established strategy in pursuing these critical goals. Bonham makes an important contribution to this effort with a long overdue articulate and comprehensive review of double-skin technology and applications.
Bonham gifts us with an articulate, comprehensive and beautifully written review of double-skin façade technology and applications. This backward and forward look at this well-established strategy in the critical pursuit to resilient and sustainable buildings and urban habitat provides a much needed update and contextualization of this rapidly evolving technology."
Mic Patterson PhD LEED AP+
Ambassador of Innovation & Collaboration
Founder, Immediate Past President
Facade Tectonics Institute
