Episodes
Published 01/31/24
Published 05/09/23
Published 04/18/22
Special guests David De Rose from Synergy Partners and Jennifer Sze from Vidaris join us to discuss maintenance, inspection, and service life of building facades.Co-hosted by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP+ Facade Tectonics Institute and Ted Kesik, PhD University of Toronto.Learn more about the CSA S478-2019 Standard.View/Download Ted's Tower Renewal Guidelines.This episode is brought to you by Schüco USA.
Published 12/17/20
Published 12/17/20
This episode is brought to you by Schüco USA.Special guests Jennifer O'Connor from Athena Sustainable Materials Institute, Anthony Pak from Priopta, and Stacy Smedley from Skanska join us to discuss embodied carbon.Co-hosted by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP+ Facade Tectonics Institute and Ted Kesik, PhD University of Toronto.Learn more about the Carbon Leadership Forum.
Published 12/03/20
Special guests Graham Finch, Senior Building Science Specialist at RDH Building Science, and Vincent Davenport from EllisDon's Construction Sciences Group join us to discuss the importance of digital tools and prefabrication.Co-hosted by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP+ Facade Tectonics Institute and  Ted Kesik, PhD University of Toronto.Learn more about the S478 Standard for Durability in Buildings.Learn more about Katerra modular offsite construction.This episode is brought to you by Schüco USA.
Published 11/19/20
This episode is brought to you by Schüco USA.Special guest Ted Kesik, PhD, Professor of Building Science at the University of Toronto, joins us to discuss everything from digital workflows and durability to embodied carbon and resilience.Hosted by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP+ Facade Tectonics InstituteLearn more about Delta Land Development's Earth Tower competition.
Published 10/22/20
This episode is brought to you by Schüco USA.Special guests Uta Pottgiesser of TU Delft and Angel Ayón of AYON Studio Architecture and Preservation join us to talk about their recent book, Reglazing Modernism: Intervention Strategies for 20th-century Icons, where they explore facade intervention strategies on Modern-era buildings through international case studies. Glazed facades are recognized as a defining characteristic of Modern architecture and directly linked to the “poor performance...
Published 10/01/20
This episode is brought to you by Schüco USA and Kuraray America. 118 authors managed to navigate a blind peer review process, many for the first time, administered by the Institute's Scientific, Artistic & Technical Review Committee. Four of these papers were selected by committee chairs professors Doug Noble and Karen Kensek at the University of Southern California School of Architecture. We will be interviewing these authors over the next four weeks leading up to the World Congress...
Published 07/29/20
This episode is brought to you by Schüco USA and Kuraray America. 118 authors managed to navigate a blind peer review process, many for the first time, administered by the Institute's Scientific, Artistic & Technical Review Committee. Four of these papers were selected by committee chairs professors Doug Noble and Karen Kensek at the University of Southern California School of Architecture. We will be interviewing these authors over the next four weeks leading up to the World Congress...
Published 07/23/20
This episode is brought to you by Schüco USA.118 authors managed to navigate a blind peer review process, many for the first time, administered by the Institute's Scientific, Artistic & Technical Review Committee. Four of these papers were selected by committee chairs professors Doug Noble and Karen Kensek at the University of Southern California School of Architecture. We will be interviewing these authors over the next four weeks leading up to the World Congress where all 118 papers...
Published 07/16/20
118 authors managed to navigate a blind peer review process, many for the first time, administered by the Institute's Scientific, Artistic & Technical Review Committee. Four of these papers were selected by committee chairs professors Doug Noble and Karen Kensek at the University of Southern California School of Architecture. We will be interviewing these authors over the next four weeks leading up to the World Congress where all 118 papers will be presented. The presentations sessions...
Published 07/09/20
Special guests Steve Selkowitz of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (https://www.lbl.gov/) and Marc Lafrance of the Department of Energy (https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/) Hosted by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP+ Facade Tectonics Institute (https://facadetectonics.org/) How to get involved with the DOE: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/ ___ This podcast was brought to you by the 2020 World Congress sponsors:Schüco USAKuraray AmericaPohl FacadesTechnoform North AmericaWalter P MooreRoschmann...
Published 06/18/20
Special guests Keith Boswell of Skidmore Owings & Merrill (https://www.som.com/) and Peter Weismantle of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill (http://smithgill.com/) Hosted by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP+ Facade Tectonics Institute (https://facadetectonics.org/)___ This podcast was brought to you by the 2020 World Congress sponsors:Schüco USAKuraray AmericaPohl FacadesTechnoform North AmericaCadMakersClark PacificEastmanMetawellSikaSto CorpValmontZak World of FacadesEckersley...
Published 05/12/20
The Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI) is pleased to launch our long-awaited podcast series, starting with Episode 01: Passive House, a moderated discussion between Lois Arena, Director of Passive House Services at Steven Winter Associates and Spencer Culhane, Senior Building Envelope Specialist at Schüco USA. The discussion is moderated by FTI's Immediate Past President and Ambassador of Innovation and Collaboration Mic Patterson. This episode provides listeners with an understanding of...
Published 04/14/20