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Please begin to develop a PowerPoint/PDF of your Exterior Facade Presentation and post this online for Thursday.  This is a rough draft preliminary presentation – complete as much as you can.

Create another post on Openlab to submit it and remember to select yourself for the category.

Outline of slides:  Each slide listed should be the title slide of a group – the number of actual slides will depend upon your selections.

• Slide1 -Credit Slide
  • Your name, Course Name, Professor Name, Semester Name
  • Also include in smaller type the members of your team

• Slide2 -Opaque Material – Case Study
  • Show the case study first that features the use of your facade material choice.  Focus on the images that feature the material – you are not looking to explain the building so much as you are looking to feature the material.

• Slide3 -Opaque Material  – Detail information
  • Show the details you are able to find – in an organized manner.  Remember that we are looking to understand structure, thermal and waterproofing.
  • For structure this type of material typically connects directly to a solid wall behind.
  • Plan details should show inner corner/outer corner, middle and end conditions.
  • Section details should show top/bottom/middle conditions.
  • Window details – look for details that explain how a window integrates with your system
  • Roof details – look for details that explains how the your system meets the roof and parapet.

• Slide4 -Opaque Material – YouTube or other videos
  • If you are able to find them include a link to a video featuring the system

• Slide5 -Glass Curtain Wall Material – Case Study
  • Show the case study first that features the use of your glass curtain wall.  Again remember to focus on the images that feature the material – you are not looking to explain the building.

• Slide6 -Glass Curtain Wall Material -Detail information
  • Show the details you are able to find – in an organized manner.  Remember that we are looking to understand structure, thermal and waterproofing.
  • Your glass curtain wall will either have mullions or may be butt glazed.  Make sure you can identify your system type.
    • Butt glazed system may us structural glass fins or rely on a truss or cable system or on backup steel columns and beams for support.
    • For types with mullions your system will either be stick construction (assembled as a set of separate pieces) or Unitized (the glass and mullions are a single pre-assembled piece) that are lifted into place and typically run from floor to floor.
  • For structure on a curtain wall remember that you are typically looking for how it connects to the edge of the slab at each floor.  If the floor to floor is very far apart a glass curtain wall may need intermediate supports using steel columns or beams.
  • Plan details should show inner corner/outer corner, middle and end conditions.
  • Section details should show top/bottom/middle conditions.
  • Operable windows (if there are any) for curtain walls are typically integrated into the system.
  • Roof details – look for details that explains how the your system meets the roof and parapet.  The glass curtain wall may either stop before the roof and parapet and transition to a different type of construction or it may continue in front of the parapet using spandrel panels with a cap at the roof.

• Slide7 -Glass Curtain Wall Material – YouTube or other videos
  • If you are able to find them include a link to a video featuring the system