The Metals in Construction magazine 2017 Design Challenge
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The Ornamental Metal Institute of New York
United States, 1 calls for projects, 0 reviews, 0 comments
United States, 1 calls for projects, 0 reviews, 0 comments
The Ornamental Metal Institute of New York is a not-for-profit association created in 1972 to advance the interests of the architectural, ornamental and miscellaneous metal industries. In this regard, the Institute sponsors programs to aid developers, architects, engineers and construction managers in the design of this work. The geographical area served by the Institute encompasses the City of New York and the adjacent counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester.
Description
The Metals in Construction magazine 2017 Design Challenge invites architects and engineers to reduce embodied energy by submitting their design for a high-rise building that integrates its enclosure with its structure. Substituting a hybrid frame and skin structure for the typical aluminum-and-glass curtain wall can eliminate material that is structurally inert in the typical 10 to 15 pounds-per-square-foot facade assembly, minimizing the materials used in the building’s construction. Studies show that the amount of CO2 emissions embodied in producing construction materials accounts for more than 50 percent of the energy consumed during a building’s lifetime. In highly energy efficient buildings, embodied emissions can account for almost 300 percent of that energy consumption.
Your design must fully integrate the building’s systems that provide environmental protection and resistance to wind and seismic forces. Entries will be judged on the amount of embodied energy reduced in the form of building mass, as well as on the overall performance of the enclosure.
Jury
Lise Anne Couture, AIA
Asymptote Architecture
Asymptote Architecture
Michael D. Flynn, FAIA
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Marc Simmons, BArch,
Front Inc.
Front Inc.
Craig Schwitter, PE
BuroHappold Engineering
BuroHappold Engineering
Ahmad Rahimian, PhD, PE, SE FASCE
WSP | PB USA
WSP | PB USA
Hauke Jungjohann
Thornton Tomasetti
Thornton Tomasetti
Patrice Derrington, PhD (Moderator)
CURE, Columbia GSAPP
CURE, Columbia GSAPP
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