The Productive, Constructive and Expressive Articulation of the Advanced Envelope Systems

The study examines the context of the façade systems characterized both by the confirmation and progression of the range series, and by the possibilities of performance increase based on the basic profiles, according to the paradigms of versatility and relational flexibility. Moreover, the context of envelope components is expressed according to the acquisition in its own production of technical solutions “outside system”: this considering the current component design strategies focused on production and combinatory procedures, or on criteria of integrated aggregation between elements and semi-finished products arranged “in catalogue”. The scenario under consideration accommodates, in the range series, the types of envelopes transferred by complex, large-scale interventions, with the inclusion of appropriate tools and accessories aimed at widespread use: therefore, the components are proposed in the form of “integrated” elements, characterized by “specialization” processes, as finished products, dimensionally coordinated, capable of providing mechanical assembly possibilities and applicable to different building types. Then, the contemporary experimental production observes the application of the archetypal and tectonic properties of envelope systems, through both the elaboration of external enclosures defined by the use of products belonging to the construction “tradition”, and the hybridization of established façade typologies through the use of profiles and frames of different material, mechanical and connective invoice. The alternative typologies are arranged with respect to the tendency towards rationalization and “reinvention” of the components and of the canonical application and interface methods, in an integrated manner with the multiplicity and variety of expressive possibilities: this is in order to legitimize the maintenance of the “solid” and “massive” presence within the growing “virtuality” and ephemeral, dynamic and “metamorphic” configuration of the envelope.