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Zak World of Façades Australia

Name: Zak World of Façades Australia
Start: 2023-09-21
Location: Sydney Masonic Centre

edition

131

Date

21 September 2023

Venue

Sydney Masonic Centre

City

Sydney

Speakers & Panelists

Conference Agenda

Every speaker for the day, grouped by session. Select a topic to see who is presenting, the session focus and the talk points.

Session 1

08:00 — 08:50 Delegate Registration & Networking

08:50 — 09:00 Welcome Address

10:20 — 11:00 Networking Tea / Coffee Break

Session 2

12:55 — 13:45 Networking Lunch Break

Session 3

15:30 — 16:00 Networking Tea/Coffee Break

Session 4

17:20 — 17:25 Vote of Thanks & End of the Conference

17:25 — 18:25 Post Event Networking Reception

Natalia Flaibam

Façade Designer

BG&E Façades

Claire Wu

Senior Consultant - Façades

BG&E Façades

Topic

Event Host & Convener

09:00 — 09:30

Simon Barnes

Principal | Building Envelope Practice Leader - APAC

Arup

Topic

Decarbonisation and the Building Envelope

Talk points

Architecture and façade challenges from a life cycle perspective

Operational and embodied carbon aspects

The importance of façades in decarbonisation

Examples with case study on QQT in Sydney, Triton Square in London and Sydney Opera House

09:30 — 09:50

Jeff Morgan

Principal

Hassell

Topic

For What It’s Worth

Talk points

Project ambitions and innovations

Challenges and opportunities for Australian low carbon aluminium

MECLA’s advocacy role

09:50 — 10:05

Glenn Carlton

Architectural Design Manager - ANZ

Guardian Glass

Topic

Glazing to Meet the Needs of Modern, More Sustainable Buildings

Talk points

High performance low E coatings to comply with Section J and beyond

Meeting the requirements of Green Star Responsible Products framework

Embodied carbon & product circularity

10:05 — 10:20

Angus Macleod

Director - Australia & New Zealand

Vector Foiltec

Topic

Lightweight Roof Design: Doing More with Less

Talk points

Scotts Crossing, Canberra

Garden Lane at Botany Town Centre, Auckland

Surbana Jurong Campus, Singapore

Aspen Vision City, Penang

11:00 — 11:25

James O’Callaghan

Founding Director

Eckersley O’Callaghan

Topic

Engineering Transparency

Talk points

The evolution and development of structural glass

Transparency and the challenges it faces

How glass and façades are evolving to remain relevant in climate driven designs

What will be tomorrow's glass

11:25 — 11:40

Sreenivas Narayanan

Global Partnerships Director

Siderise

Topic

Managing Fire Risk in External Walls of the Building Envelope

Talk points

Compartmentation in common façade types and how their function affects the performance requirements for slab edge perimeter and cavity barriers

Evolving regulatory landscape, latest guidance, and increased focus on third party verification

How passive fire product manufacturers can help to support a safer built environment

11:40 — 12:10

Viggo Haremst

Partner | Design Director - APAC

Henning Larsen

Topic

A New Beauty - Harmonizing Data and Design

Talk points

What comes first, drawings or data?

Can aesthetics and sustainability coexist?

How can design advance sustainability goals?

12:10 — 12:55

Moderator

John Perry

Associate Principal

fjcstudio

Panelist

Nick Roach

Associate Principal

Arup

Panelist

Ali Khalil

Project Engineer

Sharvain Projects

Panelist

Daniel Brabant

Project Director - Development

Built

Panelist

Luis Betancor Campos

Senior Designer

fjcstudio

Panelist

Sean McPeake

Principal

fjcstudio

Topic

Evolving the Liverpool Civic Centre Library Façade

Session summary

The library is a component of the Liverpool Civic Place development in Liverpool, Sydney, a stand-alone building in-the-round, of 4 storeys above ground and two below. The above ground portion was envisaged as an all-glass monolith to facilitate strong visual connections between the library interiors and the surrounding plaza. As a consequence, the energy requirements are onerous. To achieve high solar performance the glazing trade-off was a lower light transmission - too low to preserve the visual connection concept. To overcome this a circular view zone with reduced performance and enhanced transmission was proposed, and an extensive R&D exercise exploring a variety of solutions for sun strike and glare control ensued. The result is a unique triple/double glazed system approach with cooperative graphic frits and a sun-tracking automated screen-printed blind.

13:45 — 14:10

Rafael Contreras

Director

Contreras Earl Architecture

Topic

Biologically Informed and Digitally Engineered [Nature and Evolution]

Talk points

The problem: Cities being populated with soul-less buildings, soul-less boxes

How architecture needs to evolve and needs to be integrated with nature

14:10 — 14:25

Cameron McCleery

Manager - Sales and Marketing Australia

AGC Asia Pacific

Topic

Sustainable Glass Solutions Towards Green and Carbon Neutral Buildings

Talk points

Glass carbon emissions impact to a building

Advancing energy strategies for façades

Sustainable case studies and references

14:25 — 14:40

Oliver Turner

Operations Manager

Climate Ready Engineering

Francesco Facchinetti

Engineer

Permasteelisa

Rami Akkaragalla

Solution Engineering Manager

Climate Ready Engineering

Topic

One Sydney Harbour: A Discussion on the Façade Shading and Automation Systems

Talk points

The One Sydney Harbour project overview

The design and testing process

The solution

14:40 — 15:00

Nick Roach

Associate Principal

Arup

Topic

Weathertightness of the Building Envelope: Who’s Responsible?

Talk points

The rise in NCC F3V1 (previously FP1.4 in NCC 2019) Performance Solution Reports

Who is responsible for weathertightness of a building envelope?

Who should take responsibility when the building leaks?

15:00 — 15:15

Michael Lette

Market Development Manager - Façades

Design Solutions Group, Lysaght and Fielders

Topic

Steel Façade Solutions

Talk points

Large format, custom made, ventilated rainscreen panels

Recent commercial façade projects in steel

Façade design and manufacturing considerations for faster installation

15:15 — 15:30

Itay Shimony

VP Sales - Oceania & Asia

Cosentino

Topic

Façades with Dekton

Talk points

Flexible and versatile – perfect for any façade design project

Certifications on façades

Compatibility with many anchoring systems

16:00 — 16:20

Alberto Sangiorgio

Technical Director - Façades

Mott MacDonald

Topic

Testing Digital Workflows on Building Renovations: Case Study on the F10 New Law Building at the University of Sydney

Talk points

How the development of new digital tools and technologies, such as parametric design, computational modelling, and advanced manufacturing, is challenging the status quo

Applicability of digital tools for the retrofit of existing buildings is a timely topic that still remains largely unexplored

Testing of multiple digital workflows used to analyse the condition of the existing façade, evaluating multiple design options, actively involving the relevant stakeholders in the process and identifying the optimal design solution

16:20 — 16:35

Nancy Wang

International Sales Department Director

NorthGlass Processed Glass BU

Topic

Global Trends of the Architectural Glass Façade

Talk points

TNG introduction

Super jumbo glass & flatness

Single & 3D curved glass design

16:35 — 17:20

Moderator

Neil Kendrick

Regional Manager - NSW

Inhabit Group

Panelist

Craig Burns

Technical Director

BVN

Panelist

Pete Hartigan

Managing Director

Apex Façade Design

Panelist

Sarah Gilder

Senior Associate

Hassell

Panelist

Mariana Yanes

Project Design Manager

Mirvac

Panelist

James Aspinall

Development Manager

Toga

Topic

Panel Discussion: Impacts, Challenges and Opportunities for Façades on Class 2 Buildings (Apartments) in NSW

Talk points

Exploring the delivery of façades on Class 2 buildings in NSW arising after 2 years of operation of the NSW RAB and DBP Acts

How these Acts require fully compliant façade designs to be documented and lodged with planning authorities prior to construction approval

Whilst the focus of these Acts is about driving compliance with the requirements of the NCC, participants in the sector have identified other outcomes

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