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Complex Geometry Modern architecture is entering an exciting new phase. Traditional boundaries limiting architectural vision and concept no longer apply. Contemporary state of the art buildings require similarly advanced design techniques to successfully implement such complex geometric fa�ade designs. An envelope does not stand in isolation, it defines presence and purpose; it is the expression of the creative process. In addition to the architectural statement the facade breathes, it insulates and protects. Wintech believes that balancing form and function should not be a constrictive process. Offsite construction methods utilised to execute such complex facades require highly accurate and carefully co-ordinated design information. To maintain cost plans and the construction programme robust design solutions must be employed which can be efficiently installed. Utilising bespoke systems is often the only viable solution for highly complex facades. An in depth understanding of facade system solutions, materials and manufacturing methods is essential. Wintech is the market leading facade consultancy providing strategic advice.
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Complex Geometry Façade Design
Innovation to meet the aspirations of architecture
W I N T E C H
FAÇADE TECHNOLOGY
SER
VIC
E
FC
01
FAÇADE TECHNOLOGYBC
06
W I N T E C HWintech Limited (Head Office)
Wintech House 280 Woodend Road WednesfieldWest Midlands WV11 1YD
T: +44(0)1902 307 430
Wintech Limited (London Office)Unit 2 44 St. Pauls Cresent Camden
London NW1 9TN
T: +44(0) 207 267 1234
PG
03
F A Ç A D E E N G I N E E R I N G
The façade is often referred to as the skin of a building. It acts as a filter determining the internal environmental
conditions. It is the primary environmental modifier and can account for a significant proportion of the project budget.
A wide range of skills must be managed and co-ordinated in a holistic approach to ensure the façade performs
properly with regard to structural, thermal, acoustic, water ingress and air infiltration requirements. Our team includes
physicists, mathematicians, structural engineers, system design specialists, thermal specialists, acousticians and façade
engineering experts. Our expertise ranges from the initial concept through all stages of the design process from
strategic development through concept, design and monitoring of the final installation.
Our team provides a complete pallet of skills necessary to assist with the most ambitious complex geometry facades.
An integrated approach embodies architectural vision and aesthetics with practical experience of robust design
solutions and inspiration required to go beyond industry boundaries.
W I N T E C H
PG
03
PG
05
Modern architecture is entering an exciting new phase. Traditional boundaries limiting architectural vision and concept no longer apply. Contemporary state of the art buildings require similarly advanced design techniques to successfully implement such complex geometric facades.
G E O M E T RY
Irregular façade surfaces, single curved, bi-curved, twisted or free
forms surfaces developed from discrete planar elements create
complex geometry. At Wintech the goal of our research has been
to develop methodologies to address these facades.
O P T I M I S AT I O N O F F O R M
A key element of our research has been the optimisation
of complex geometric surfaces. We have developed unique
optimisation algorithms to deliver the most efficient panelisation
study possible for a given form. Available techniques can regularise
panels within irregular curved surfaces. Gradient similarities within
different sections are analysed to enhance the use of repeating
panel configurations. Finite amounts of deviation from nodal points
may be specified to further optimise the façade construction.
Deviation may be either limited to the surface plane only or
deviations in façade depth may also be allowed.
PA R A M E T R I C D E S I G N
Parametric design techniques provide the ideal tools to compliment
the optimisation process and realise the architectural vision.
Following optimisation the façade model can be populated with
intelligent parametric modules. These adaptive modules designed
to meet the façade specification are embedded with the actual
manufacture information necessary to complete the manufacture
and installation of the final façade. This embedded information is
permanently linked to the design model changing automatically
through design iterations.
L I G H T
Facades admit daylight but
control solar gain. Establishing
the correct balance and utilising
natural daylight is important
in creating inner space and
minimising energy consumption.
T H E R M A L
System design is well established
to create thermally efficient
frame details. However interface
details continue to require
careful design. The effects
of thermal bridges should
be managed and if possible
alternate solutions sought.
S T R U C T U R A L
In any complex facade structural
design calculations must be
undertaken to optimise the
system configuration. Structural
analysis is integrated into the
design philosophy.
M A N U F A C T U R E
Embedded manufacture
information can be transmitted
as a series of 2D drawings.
However, we recommend
transmittal of this information in
it’s pure digital form. Reductions
in timescales are achieved as
the digital information may be
used to generate CNC control
code to drive the manufacture
process directly.
C A S E S T U DY
Wintech were approached to provide a solution to the complex
geometry presented by the three curved and twisted towers of
Villamar at the Harbour, Bahrain. The requirement for a triangulated
panelisation was also to be replaced with quadrilateral units.
Following a geometry rationalisation process 85% of the 65,000m2
of unitised cladding panels to the towers could be provided by just
three repeating panel sizes rather than the thousands of types initially
envisaged. Wintech engineered a bespoke unitised system to meet
the exacting geometric constraints of the project. It was possible to
omit the central diagonal mullion bar by using a twisted carrier frame
with a flat glazing carrier unit set in an average plane position.
F A Ç A D E S T R AT E G Y
An envelope does not stand in isolation, it defines presence and purpose;
it is the expression of the creative process. In addition to the architectural
statement the façade breathes, it insulates and protects. Wintech believes
that balancing form and function should not be a constrictive process.
Offsite construction methods utilised to execute such complex facades
require highly accurate and carefully co-ordinated design information.
To maintain cost plans and the construction programme robust design
solutions must be employed which can be efficiently installed. Utilising
bespoke systems is often the only viable solution for highly complex
facades. An in depth understanding of façade system solutions, materials
and manufacturing methods is essential. Wintech is the market leading
façade consultancy providing strategic advice.
Complex Geometry Façade Design
W I N T E C H
V I L L A M A R , B A H R A I N
Complex Geometry Façade Design
Innovation to meet the aspirations of architecture
W I N T E C H
FAÇADE TECHNOLOGY
SER
VIC
E
FC
01
FAÇADE TECHNOLOGYBC
06
W I N T E C HWintech Limited (Head Office)
Wintech House 280 Woodend Road WednesfieldWest Midlands WV11 1YD
T: +44(0)1902 307 430
Wintech Limited (London Office)Unit 2 44 St. Pauls Cresent Camden
London NW1 9TN
T: +44(0) 207 267 1234
PG
03
F A Ç A D E E N G I N E E R I N G
The façade is often referred to as the skin of a building. It acts as a filter determining the internal environmental
conditions. It is the primary environmental modifier and can account for a significant proportion of the project budget.
A wide range of skills must be managed and co-ordinated in a holistic approach to ensure the façade performs
properly with regard to structural, thermal, acoustic, water ingress and air infiltration requirements. Our team includes
physicists, mathematicians, structural engineers, system design specialists, thermal specialists, acousticians and façade
engineering experts. Our expertise ranges from the initial concept through all stages of the design process from
strategic development through concept, design and monitoring of the final installation.
Our team provides a complete pallet of skills necessary to assist with the most ambitious complex geometry facades.
An integrated approach embodies architectural vision and aesthetics with practical experience of robust design
solutions and inspiration required to go beyond industry boundaries.
W I N T E C H
PG
03
PG
05
Modern architecture is entering an exciting new phase. Traditional boundaries limiting architectural vision and concept no longer apply. Contemporary state of the art buildings require similarly advanced design techniques to successfully implement such complex geometric facades.
G E O M E T RY
Irregular façade surfaces, single curved, bi-curved, twisted or free
forms surfaces developed from discrete planar elements create
complex geometry. At Wintech the goal of our research has been
to develop methodologies to address these facades.
O P T I M I S AT I O N O F F O R M
A key element of our research has been the optimisation
of complex geometric surfaces. We have developed unique
optimisation algorithms to deliver the most efficient panelisation
study possible for a given form. Available techniques can regularise
panels within irregular curved surfaces. Gradient similarities within
different sections are analysed to enhance the use of repeating
panel configurations. Finite amounts of deviation from nodal points
may be specified to further optimise the façade construction.
Deviation may be either limited to the surface plane only or
deviations in façade depth may also be allowed.
PA R A M E T R I C D E S I G N
Parametric design techniques provide the ideal tools to compliment
the optimisation process and realise the architectural vision.
Following optimisation the façade model can be populated with
intelligent parametric modules. These adaptive modules designed
to meet the façade specification are embedded with the actual
manufacture information necessary to complete the manufacture
and installation of the final façade. This embedded information is
permanently linked to the design model changing automatically
through design iterations.
L I G H T
Facades admit daylight but
control solar gain. Establishing
the correct balance and utilising
natural daylight is important
in creating inner space and
minimising energy consumption.
T H E R M A L
System design is well established
to create thermally efficient
frame details. However interface
details continue to require
careful design. The effects
of thermal bridges should
be managed and if possible
alternate solutions sought.
S T R U C T U R A L
In any complex facade structural
design calculations must be
undertaken to optimise the
system configuration. Structural
analysis is integrated into the
design philosophy.
M A N U F A C T U R E
Embedded manufacture
information can be transmitted
as a series of 2D drawings.
However, we recommend
transmittal of this information in
it’s pure digital form. Reductions
in timescales are achieved as
the digital information may be
used to generate CNC control
code to drive the manufacture
process directly.
C A S E S T U DY
Wintech were approached to provide a solution to the complex
geometry presented by the three curved and twisted towers of
Villamar at the Harbour, Bahrain. The requirement for a triangulated
panelisation was also to be replaced with quadrilateral units.
Following a geometry rationalisation process 85% of the 65,000m2
of unitised cladding panels to the towers could be provided by just
three repeating panel sizes rather than the thousands of types initially
envisaged. Wintech engineered a bespoke unitised system to meet
the exacting geometric constraints of the project. It was possible to
omit the central diagonal mullion bar by using a twisted carrier frame
with a flat glazing carrier unit set in an average plane position.
F A Ç A D E S T R AT E G Y
An envelope does not stand in isolation, it defines presence and purpose;
it is the expression of the creative process. In addition to the architectural
statement the façade breathes, it insulates and protects. Wintech believes
that balancing form and function should not be a constrictive process.
Offsite construction methods utilised to execute such complex facades
require highly accurate and carefully co-ordinated design information.
To maintain cost plans and the construction programme robust design
solutions must be employed which can be efficiently installed. Utilising
bespoke systems is often the only viable solution for highly complex
facades. An in depth understanding of façade system solutions, materials
and manufacturing methods is essential. Wintech is the market leading
façade consultancy providing strategic advice.
Complex Geometry Façade Design
W I N T E C H
V I L L A M A R , B A H R A I N
PG
03
PG
05
Modern architecture is entering an exciting new phase. Traditional boundaries limiting architectural vision and concept no longer apply. Contemporary state of the art buildings require similarly advanced design techniques to successfully implement such complex geometric facades.
G E O M E T RY
Irregular façade surfaces, single curved, bi-curved, twisted or free
forms surfaces developed from discrete planar elements create
complex geometry. At Wintech the goal of our research has been
to develop methodologies to address these facades.
O P T I M I S AT I O N O F F O R M
A key element of our research has been the optimisation
of complex geometric surfaces. We have developed unique
optimisation algorithms to deliver the most efficient panelisation
study possible for a given form. Available techniques can regularise
panels within irregular curved surfaces. Gradient similarities within
different sections are analysed to enhance the use of repeating
panel configurations. Finite amounts of deviation from nodal points
may be specified to further optimise the façade construction.
Deviation may be either limited to the surface plane only or
deviations in façade depth may also be allowed.
PA R A M E T R I C D E S I G N
Parametric design techniques provide the ideal tools to compliment
the optimisation process and realise the architectural vision.
Following optimisation the façade model can be populated with
intelligent parametric modules. These adaptive modules designed
to meet the façade specification are embedded with the actual
manufacture information necessary to complete the manufacture
and installation of the final façade. This embedded information is
permanently linked to the design model changing automatically
through design iterations.
L I G H T
Facades admit daylight but
control solar gain. Establishing
the correct balance and utilising
natural daylight is important
in creating inner space and
minimising energy consumption.
T H E R M A L
System design is well established
to create thermally efficient
frame details. However interface
details continue to require
careful design. The effects
of thermal bridges should
be managed and if possible
alternate solutions sought.
S T R U C T U R A L
In any complex facade structural
design calculations must be
undertaken to optimise the
system configuration. Structural
analysis is integrated into the
design philosophy.
M A N U F A C T U R E
Embedded manufacture
information can be transmitted
as a series of 2D drawings.
However, we recommend
transmittal of this information in
it’s pure digital form. Reductions
in timescales are achieved as
the digital information may be
used to generate CNC control
code to drive the manufacture
process directly.
C A S E S T U DY
Wintech were approached to provide a solution to the complex
geometry presented by the three curved and twisted towers of
Villamar at the Harbour, Bahrain. The requirement for a triangulated
panelisation was also to be replaced with quadrilateral units.
Following a geometry rationalisation process 85% of the 65,000m2
of unitised cladding panels to the towers could be provided by just
three repeating panel sizes rather than the thousands of types initially
envisaged. Wintech engineered a bespoke unitised system to meet
the exacting geometric constraints of the project. It was possible to
omit the central diagonal mullion bar by using a twisted carrier frame
with a flat glazing carrier unit set in an average plane position.
F A Ç A D E S T R AT E G Y
An envelope does not stand in isolation, it defines presence and purpose;
it is the expression of the creative process. In addition to the architectural
statement the façade breathes, it insulates and protects. Wintech believes
that balancing form and function should not be a constrictive process.
Offsite construction methods utilised to execute such complex facades
require highly accurate and carefully co-ordinated design information.
To maintain cost plans and the construction programme robust design
solutions must be employed which can be efficiently installed. Utilising
bespoke systems is often the only viable solution for highly complex
facades. An in depth understanding of façade system solutions, materials
and manufacturing methods is essential. Wintech is the market leading
façade consultancy providing strategic advice.
Complex Geometry Façade Design
W I N T E C H
V I L L A M A R , B A H R A I N
Complex Geometry Façade Design
Innovation to meet the aspirations of architecture
W I N T E C H
FAÇADE TECHNOLOGY
SER
VIC
E
FC
01
FAÇADE TECHNOLOGYBC
06
W I N T E C HWintech Limited (Head Office)
Wintech House 280 Woodend Road WednesfieldWest Midlands WV11 1YD
T: +44(0)1902 307 430
Wintech Limited (London Office)Unit 2 44 St. Pauls Cresent Camden
London NW1 9TN
T: +44(0) 207 267 1234
PG
03
F A Ç A D E E N G I N E E R I N G
The façade is often referred to as the skin of a building. It acts as a filter determining the internal environmental
conditions. It is the primary environmental modifier and can account for a significant proportion of the project budget.
A wide range of skills must be managed and co-ordinated in a holistic approach to ensure the façade performs
properly with regard to structural, thermal, acoustic, water ingress and air infiltration requirements. Our team includes
physicists, mathematicians, structural engineers, system design specialists, thermal specialists, acousticians and façade
engineering experts. Our expertise ranges from the initial concept through all stages of the design process from
strategic development through concept, design and monitoring of the final installation.
Our team provides a complete pallet of skills necessary to assist with the most ambitious complex geometry facades.
An integrated approach embodies architectural vision and aesthetics with practical experience of robust design
solutions and inspiration required to go beyond industry boundaries.
W I N T E C H
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