Muqarnas Tower, designed by alum James Pawlikowski of SOM (L) and building envelope design detail by a recent student (R)
Building Performance
Our work is grounded in a historical knowledge base of best practices while also promoting experimentation and innovation, focusing on sustainability, environmentally responsible use of energy and materials, human comfort, and constructability. Building Performance Program faculty offer core courses and studios in subjects such as structures, environmental systems, and comprehensive design, as well as specialized elective courses in energy modeling and simulation, building-envelope design, daylighting, advanced structural design and analysis, and integrated design processes. These courses give students a strong foundation and expertise in the various principles and technologies that contribute to the design of high-performance buildings.
Core Faculty
April 14, 2023 Symposium: Advances and Innovations in Design of Tall Buildings
April 19, 2024 Symposium: Smart Tall Buildings
The theme of this year’s Symposium is “Smart Tall Buildings”, focusing on how engineering, data collection, and AI / machine learning can help make our tall buildings more efficient and more reliable, while reducing operating costs and improving the human experience. We have a slate of presenters from the engineering, data, and client side to discuss this emerging and important topic within our profession.
- Title: Smart Tall Buildings
- Date and time: Friday April 19th, 2024, from 8:30 AM to 12:00 noon
- Zoom streaming: Advance FREE registration is required
- In-person location: 101 Armory Building, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Symposium has been submitted for submitted for AIA CES approval
- Program: Presentations by speakers followed by a panel discussion
- Speakers:
- Mehdi Jalayerian, PE, Senior Principal, MEP Technical Lead, Stantec
- Thru Shivakumar, CEO and Co-Founder of Cohesion
- Chris Payne, Executive Vice President, Riverside Investment and Development
- Craig L. Hall, United States Business Development Manager, Abb Smart Buildings Solutions
- Symposium poster, click here
April 14, 2023 Symposium: Advances and Innovations in Design of Tall Buildings
April 14, 2023 Symposium: Advances and Innovations in Design of Tall Buildings
A symposium on state-of-the-art integrated architectural and engineering design as well as construction of tall buildings.
- Title: Advances and Innovations in Design of Tall Buildings
- Date and time: Friday April 14th, 2023, from 1:00 to 5:00 PM
- Zoom streaming: Advance FREE registration is required
- In-person location: Room 2 Education Building, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Symposium has been submitted for submitted for AIA CES approval
- Speakers:
- Ann Thompson, AIA, Executive Vice President, Related Midwest
- Dennis C.K. Poon, PE, Managing Principal, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
- James Pawlikowski, SE, LEED AP, Clinical Professor and Kerbis Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Principal, Datum Engineers
- Jordan Komp, PE, SE, Associate Principal and Milwaukee Office Director, Thornton Tomasetti
- Matt Streid, PE, SE, Principal, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Click to watch the video of the entire sympsoium
April 2, 2021 Symposium: The Future of Architectural Technologies
Organized by the Building Performance Program at the Illinois School of Architecture, this symposium brings together a stellar group of guest speakers who are leaders in architecture, engineering, construction, and research.