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UNITIZED DOUBLE SKIN FAÇADE ASSEMBLIES:
ACHIEVING THE NEEDS OF FUTURE ENVELOPE SYSTEMS THROUGH
CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE ADVANCES
by
Morgan Wiener
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE
August 2012
Copyright 2012 Morgan Wiener
Object Description
| Title | Unitized double skin façade assemblies: achieving the needs of future envelope systems through construction and performance advances |
| Author | Wiener, Morgan |
| Author email | mwiener@usc.edu;morganwiener@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Building Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Building Science |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-08-02 |
| Date submitted | 2012-08-02 |
| Date approved | 2012-08-02 |
| Restricted until | 2012-08-02 |
| Date published | 2012-08-02 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Carlson, Anders |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Schiler, Marc Noble, Douglas |
| Abstract | The traditional glazed building façade assemblies lack effectiveness in meeting the rapidly evolving and more restrictive building energy code. The requirements to adhere to envelope performance standards are becoming increasingly difficult with an all glass façade that employs a double pane glazing assembly. ❧ This led to the pursuit of less conventional double-skin façade assemblies in situations that require high-performance envelopes. Double-skin façade (DSF) systems allow higher energy performance standard to be met. These systems also allow a greater degree of system controllability. However, the systems proved to be prohibitive due to the considerable increase in the use of materials, cost, and time needed to assemble. One solution is to use a unitized assembly instead of using a stick-built curtain wall. ❧ This thesis will examine the proposed design of a unitized double-skin façade (UDSF) assembly and how it can resolve many of the current construction and performance issues that can limit DSF assemblies from entering the market as a comparable cost alternative façade to stick built curtain wall assemblies. ❧ The unitized façade assemblies are a practical building assembly that allows off-site manufacturing with benefits. The façade components permit rapid on-site erection and a reduction of the material through and effective use of materials during fabrication of the assemblies. The idea of the aforementioned UDSF, reviews the potential for a substantial leap forward to the double-skin façade assemblies provided by a unitized multistory assembly in order to reduce the cost and the time required in these systems while achieving a reduction of materials and labor used to produce these systems. |
| Keyword | curtainwall; double skin; energy; facade; feasibility; unitized |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Wiener, Morgan |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-WienerMorg-1117.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | UNITIZED DOUBLE SKIN FAÇADE ASSEMBLIES: ACHIEVING THE NEEDS OF FUTURE ENVELOPE SYSTEMS THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE ADVANCES by Morgan Wiener A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE August 2012 Copyright 2012 Morgan Wiener |
