CTBUH Platinum Member

IUAV University of Venice

About

Member Since: 2015

Member Offices: Venice

Website: http://www.iuav.it/homepage/

One of the first Architecture Schools in Italy (established in 1926), the Università Iuav di Venezia is a ‘themed’ university totally focusing on design. It is a dedicated place for teaching, specialization and field research in design of living space and environments such as buildings, cities, landscapes, regions as well as design of every-day use objects, cultural, theatrical, multimedia events, fashion and graphics.

The Università Iuav di Venezia is organised into three departments: “Architecture, Construction and Conservation”, ""Design and Planning in Complex Environments”, and ""Architecture and Arts"".

Fields of Expertise

Academic / University; Research Institute

Membership details

Membership Level

Platinum

Member Since

2015

Member Offices

  • Venice

Videos

27 October 2015

2015 New York Conference - Session 5d - Q&A

Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice; Andrea Martinez, University of Southern California; Riccardo Castracani, Despe Spa, answer questions at the end of 2015 New York...

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Research

08 August 2017

ASPECT: RATIOS – Voices of Women In the Tall Building World

ASPECT: RATIOS is the outgrowth of a program developed by the CTBUH Young Professionals Committee in New York, beginning in 2016. The purpose of the...

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Research

01 August 2016

A Software Tool for the Analysis of Time-Dependent Effects in High-Rise Buildings

Increased use of concrete in high-rise buildings has made these structures especially sensitive to delayed deformations due to concrete’s natural tendency to creep and shrink....

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27 October 2015 | New York City

2015 New York Conference - Session 5d - Q&A

Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice; Andrea Martinez, University of Southern California; Riccardo Castracani, Despe Spa, answer questions at the end of 2015 New York...

27 October 2015 | New York City

A Whole LCA of the Sustainable Aspects of Structural Systems in Tall Buildings

This presentation summarizes the results of a two-year-long research project conducted by the CTBUH on the life cycle assessment (LCA) of tall building structural systems....

18 September 2014 | Shanghai

2014 Shanghai International Conference - Session 14 - Q & A

2014 Shanghai International Conference Session 14 Questions & Answers session with speakers Elena Giacomello, Universita Iuav di Venezia; Richard Mann, Ecosystem Architecture; Andrew Johnson, Arup;...

18 September 2014 | Shanghai

CTBUH Research Seed Funding Project 2013 – Green Living Façade for Tall Buildings: The Bosco Verticale

The possibility of creating green surfaces over the structures is an opportunity which is seen with increasing interest by planners and investors, due to the...

11 October 2011 | Seoul

Seoul Conference 2011 Track Session 20: Q&A

Question & Answers session for Track Session 20.

08 August 2017

ASPECT: RATIOS – Voices of Women In the Tall Building World

Ilkay Can-Standard, GenX Design & Technology; Martina Dolejsova, Studio Libeskind

ASPECT: RATIOS is the outgrowth of a program developed by the CTBUH Young Professionals Committee in New York, beginning in 2016. The purpose of the...

01 August 2016

A Software Tool for the Analysis of Time-Dependent Effects in High-Rise Buildings

Carlo Casalegno, IUAV University of Venice; Mario Alberto Chiorino, Politecnico di Torino; Taehun Ha & Sungho Lee, Daewoo Engineering and Construction

Increased use of concrete in high-rise buildings has made these structures especially sensitive to delayed deformations due to concrete’s natural tendency to creep and shrink....

01 June 2016

A Whole LCA of the Sustainable Aspects of Structural Systems in Tall Buildings

Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice; Antony Wood, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; Olivier Vassart & Nicoletta Popa, ArcelorMittal

This paper summarizes the results of a two-year-long research project conducted by the CTBUH on the life cycle assessment (LCA) of tall building structural systems....

01 February 2015

A New Urban Forest Rises in Milan

Elena Giacomello, Università Iuav di Venezia

The Bosco Verticale “vertical forest” in Milan, Italy, takes the definition of “green skyscraper” to a new level, deploying more than 13,000 plants across 90+...

16 September 2014

CTBUH Research Seed Funding Project 2013 – Green Living Façade for Tall Buildings: The Bosco Verticale

Elena Giacomello, Iuav University of Venice

The possibility of creating green surfaces over the structures is an opportunity which is seen with increasing interest by planners and investors, due to the...

01 November 2013

Confronting the Question of Demolition or Renovation

Dario Trabucco & Fava Pablo, Università IUAV di Venezia

Crumbling façades, asbestos, and outdated elevators are often cited as reasons to tear down tall buildings and create new skyscrapers. However, renovating a tall building...

19 September 2012

Life Cycle Energy Analysis of Tall Buildings: Design Principles

Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice

The goal of the paper is the identification of the most suitable strategies to reduce the energy consumption of a tall building from a life-cycle...

10 October 2011

The LCA of Tall Buildings: a Quick Pre-Design Assessment Tool

Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice

This paper presents an alternative methodology for embodied energy quantification based on econometric procedures. As such, this methodology is easily applicable from the very early...

11 September 2011

The Global Impact of 9/11

Leader Interviews by Jan Klerks, CTBUH

Just as many Americans still remember exactly where they were when they heard the news that US president John F. Kennedy had been shot, most...

01 February 2010

Historical Evolution of the Service Core

Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice, Italy

The service core is the distinctive feature of a tall building: it provides the skyscraper with structural solidity, room for elevators, and other amenities, and...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving IUAV University of Venice

Ninth Italian/International Tall Buildings Conference

25 June 2019

The ninth Italian/International Tall Buildings Conference drew some 350 participants for presentations and discussions featuring leading international experts.

Master's Thesis Challenge

28 August 2017

CTBUH is launching a new academic initiative, empowering Master's-level architecture students to research new possibilities in rope-less elevator technology.

CTBUH Rope-Less, Non-Vertical Elevators Team Holds Second Meeting

23 June 2017

The second meeting of the research team involved in “A Study on the Design Possibilities Enabled by Rope-Less, Non-Vertical Elevators” was held in Rottweil, Germany.

CTBUH Germany Hosts Symposium on Technical Innovation

22 June 2017

CTBUH Germany held a symposium to discuss the role of technical and technological innovation and its effect on the various disciplines within the construction industry.

World’s First Rope-Less Elevator Unveiled in Germany

22 June 2017

The official unveiling of the MULTI elevator system, the first linear-motor elevator, was held at the thyssenkrupp Test Tower in Germany.

CTBUH Italy Co-Hosts the 7th Tall Buildings Conference in Milan

07 June 2017

CTBUH Italy co-hosted the seventh edition of the one-day International Tall Buildings Conference held in Milan, which focused on various challenges of tall buildings.

Ctbuh Leaders At IUAV University of Venice

Elena Giacomello

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

Elena Giacomello

Venice