While structural steel is often applauded for its flexibility and versatility, the fact that it can deliver a clean, systematic construction process has also augmented its popularity.
What stops us from integrating all aspects of a façade in design? Is it the complexity of the problem, or is it the inadequate knowledge of available design tools? Or perhaps, it is a combination of both. Parametric design opens up vast possibilities of controlling performance-based factors.
Louise Collins, the head of Engineering & Energy at JLL, shares her thoughts on fresh air rates, retail usage, lifecycle investments, system diversities, and renewable energy laying the groundwork for a new era of building operations
