As part of Françoise Astorg Bollack’s “Old Buildings - New Ideas,” seminar at Columbia University, Principal Angel Ayón shared important case studies from his 2019 book, Reglazing Modernism. He presented numerous buildings, discussed both positive and negative outcomes of interventions in Modern building envelopes, and shared recent discoveries in his current additional research.
Angel’s lecture was followed by a discussion with Eliot Benor from Building Envelope Testing, who offered further information about building envelope testing, energy retrofits of existing buildings, and heat flow measurements. Afterward, he provided a lab demonstration to give students to have a hands-on experience about the visual and thermal properties of glass as a significant Modern building material.
The lively and engaging talk was organized by GSAPP Adjunct Associate Professor Bollack for students in the Historic Preservation program. She was highly complimentary, saying “What is wonderful is that you clearly reinforced what I have been telling them for a few weeks now. I could see the students were really engaged!”