1.3.1 Amvest Headquarters – Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

Course subject(s) 1. Principles of Façades

Our second stop is Amsterdam! Amvest Headquaters were designed by Rietveld Architects New York and built in 2018. Here we meet our friend and colleague Tillmann Klein, Professor of Building Product Innovation at TU Delft. Tillmann will chat about the principles of modern façades.

Building: Amvest Headquarters
Location: Lucerne, Switzerland
Year: 2018
Architect: Rietveld Architects New York
Façade Engineer: Rietveld Architects and Prof. Ulrich Knaack
Partner: Dr.-Ing. Tillmann Klein, Professor of Building Product Innovation at Delft University of Technology

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Principles of Façades: Modern Façades

Understanding the idea of a building envelope:

Enclose

Protect

Appear (nice)

General performance:

Climate

Energy

Ventilation

Light

View

Dead loads

Payloads

Layout (3 lines of defences):

Outer line / rain protection

Function zone / load and insulation

Inner line /air tightness

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