Technology: Breathing Facades - Facade Technology toward Decentralised, Natural Ventilation

Double-shell facade with operable sashes behind baffle plate
Tanzende Türme in Hamburg, 2012 BRT
In the construction of transparent building envelopes, next to the structural and building-physics solutions, the concept for ventilating the building interior plays a decisive role. While, on the one hand, American office buildings in particular are still ventilated by means of central air-handling plants, in Europe, residents and occupants are accustomed to ventilating spaces by opening windows or other apertures....
Double-shell facade with operable sashes behind baffle plate
Tanzende Türme in Hamburg, 2012 BRT