Will Laufs bio rev

Wilfried Laufs, Ph.D., LEED A.P.

Vice President, Thornton Tomasetti, New York, NY

Will Laufs

Presentation
The new aesthetic of challenging structures with complex geometries has made the integration of frame and envelope more critical for successful building performance. Recent projects, where structural form-finding and detailing have an important influence on function and appearance, will be examined from the perspectives of designer and fabricator. The presentation will review both the use of both innovative materials and integrated parametric design tools to transform concept into reality.

Brief Bio
Will Laufs, Ph.D., LEED A.P., IWE, is a building skin design expert with both architectural and engineering studies European background, where he obtained his doctorate degree in the field of structural use of glass at RWTH Aachen, Germany.

Dr. Laufs is heading the building skin & specialty engineering group of Thornton Tomasetti as Vice President, focusing on the use of new facade materials, load- carrying glass elements, challenging structures with complex geometries and architectural building elements, where structural form- finding and detailing have an important influence on esthetic appearance and identity of spaces.

He believes in the unity of architecture and structural engineering focus towards one single integrated design approach and teaches as Adjunct Professor at Columbia University.