1.2.1 Historical Building – Lucerne (Switzerland)

Course subject(s) 1. Principles of Façades

Our first stop is Lucerne in Switzerland where the façade doctors meet Susanne Gosztonyi. Susanne is a lecturer at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and a PhD researcher at the TU Delft, Architectural Engineering and Technology in the field of thermally adaptive façades and biomimetics. She will explain the principles of traditional façades.

Building: Historical building, traditional façades in brick and timber
Location: Lucerne, Switzerland
Partner: Dipl. -Ing. Susanne Gosztonyi, Lecturer at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

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Principles of Façades: Traditional Façades

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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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