The exterior of a building functions as a loadbearing structure and as a protective envelope. It can also be used to express status. But what are the available principles of enveloping? And what are the formal and functional criteria for selecting a facade system?

The fifth volume of the SCALE series, Enclose | Build, deals with building enclosures: options include different construction methods, materials and surfaces with which a wide variety of design effects can be achieved. The book illustrates how the interaction between loadbearing structure and building envelope from its base, via the outside wall, to the roof functions, and what the criteria are for selecting a facade system, which range from solid, single-skin walls to complex facade systems.

Editors: Prof. Alexander Reichel, Reichel Architekten BDA, Kassel, Prof. Kerstin Schultz, liquid architekten, Reichelsheim

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Einleitung

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Entwurfsgrundlagen

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Konstruktionsarten

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Dächer

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Beispiele

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Anhang