Achieving Performance and Aesthetics with Engineered Building Enclosure Solutions

Earn 1 AIA HSW LU.

This course presents a unique approach to designing for performance while achieving aesthetic goals, focusing on engineered systems that provide continuous control layers and connectivity between multiple claddings, and resulting in simplified design and construction processes.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the challenges of designing building enclosures.
• Understand control layers and their impact on building performance.
• Learn how to choose facade and building enclosure solutions designed to overcome design, constructability and project delivery challenges.
• Examine different facade options that can be combined into a beautiful, engineered, building enclosure system

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  Samuel Medina
  Moderator/Executive Editor
  The Architect's Newspaper

  Samuel Medina

  
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  Kate Abudarham
  Construction Design Manager
  Sto Corp

  Kate Abudarham

  

  Kate is our newest addition to the Sto team. Her exemplary history in architectural exteriors and capabilities in new business development make her an MVP. Before joining Sto she worked with a fiber cement rainscreen manufacturer for several years, as well as two porcelain manufacturers, focused on their exterior cladding offering. She is also currently an active member of RAiNA (Rainscreen Association in North America), working to educate the architectural community on rainscreen systems, and influence the way we specify them.

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  Matthew Dealy
  Construction Design Manager
  Sto Corp

  Matthew Dealy

  

  Matthew Dealy is a recent addition to the South Central region, having started his career with Sto covering the New York Metro area as a territory manager responsible for assisting designers with the detailing and design of continuous insulation systems, supporting applicators in the field to work according to Sto recommendations and guidelines, and collaborating with Sto’s regional channel partners to bring our products to market. Matthew began his career in commercial construction developing awareness and engagement around thermally-broken cladding support systems for use in high performance rainscreen building enclosures and he is so grateful to be able to bring that experience to bear in the South Central region for all of Sto Corp’s innovative engineered and tested continuous insulation façade solutions.