Ten documented case studies, grouped by the building use they were engineered for. Compare an airport terminal against an airport terminal — the same discipline applied to the same class of envelope.
Every label below is taken from the project's own engineering record. Where a case spans more than one use, it is filed under the use that drove the envelope decision.
Large-span metal roof and curtain wall on the 2008 Olympic programme. Envelope engineering compressed into an Olympic deadline — with the discipline to earn a Luban Prize the same year.
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A sculptural museum resolved in precast stone and point-supported glass. Curved volumes where daylight control is a curatorial requirement, not a preference.
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Long-span terminal roof and curtain wall where drainage philosophy decides longevity. A Luban Prize in 2009 for an envelope that keeps moving 100,000 passengers a season.
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Terminal curtain wall delivered as an expansion of a live airport — phased handover, operational interfaces and zero interruption to a growing flight schedule.
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A 600-meter-scale standing-seam metal roof over an aircraft assembly hall. Zero-leak discipline above high-value production — holding dry since 2009.
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A national research facility where stability of the envelope protects stability of the beamline. Luban Prize 2009 and one of 100 National Classic Projects of the 60th Anniversary.
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A unitized curtain wall for a Pudong commercial complex. Factory fabrication and fast site erection on a constrained central-city site — Hanart's sixth Luban Prize.
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A commercial envelope engineered for -40°C winters — thermally broken frames, condensation control and a construction window measured in months, not years.
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A desert-climate facade engineered for high solar loads, sand abrasion and 50°C design temperatures — solar control resolved at the glass, not after the fact.
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A unitized glass tower exported from Qingpu to Manhattan — logistics, US coordination and factory quality coordinated across twelve time zones.
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