This workshop focused on the innovations in facade systems, particularly addressing materials, technologies, and innovative design methods. 

The workshop was delivered on-line and offered a virtual platform for presentations, discussions, and interactive learning opportunities. 

Originally, this workshop was scheduled as part of the Facades Week in LA. However, due to the unforeseen circumstances surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, the organization of this component was rescheduled and set up in an on-line environment. As an exciting outcome, this opened an opportunity for diverse participation of architects, designers, researchers, and advanced university students from all over the world, including nearly every continent! 

The workshop was scheduled over a four day period with two hour meetings on each of those days. The first day included an introductory presentation by Ajla Akšamija, an overview of the first exercise and a sponsor presentation by Galen Burrell, Director of Lighting, from View. The second, third and fourth day each consisted of an organizer presentation followed by the participant presentations on the three topics of exercises. The order of topics was the following: Facades by Bill Marshall, Materials by Ajla Akšamija and Technologies by Ulrich Knaack. Meanwhile, our last organizer Sunčica Milošević aided with graphic design of contributed content and facilitation of technology platforms during the course of the workshop. The timezone was set in order to accommodate respective European and North/South American time zones. However, interest in participation was far-reaching and included twenty four participants from all over the world, with some participants joining at late hours of the night from Asia and New Zealand. 

Participants had an opportunity to explore innovative facade design techniques, materials and new technologies, and to work on specific exercises. Organizers’ presentations, along with the participants’ presentations for each topic are shared in this compilation document. It is our hope that this assortment of inspiring and creative content will help us continue on further fostering these presented ideas and keep us in touch.