Idea

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The process of globalization allows a cultural exchange between the diversity of modern movement architecture all over the world, especially when it comes to building facades. This exhibit, focuses on the facade innovation of the 20th century aiming to show their resilience and adaptability.

 

The 20th century was a period of many developments that shaped modern architecture, among those the development of assembly lines and HVAC systems. These innovations quickly spread globally and changed the way facades were designed and fabricated.

However, these innovations bring problems, the use of mechanical air conditioning increase the number of hermetic and isolated buildings, that consumes a lot of energy. Since the energy crisis of the 1970s, a sustainable architecture movement dominated architect’s thought, realizing that buildings should be environmentally relevant to their regions.

 

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Methods and Tools

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The exhibit is targeting Students, Architects, and Developers. It consists of different chapters that show the different architectural developments, especially focus on façades, around the world and their own process of modernity.

 

To present the content, a web page was developed, which compiles the information by texts, images, and narrated videos, linked all together with the location (World map). The themes analyze the background of design and fabrication of façades in different time periods and their application on relevant buildings.