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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