Monday, November 8, 2010

SOM + SCI-Arc, Responsive Kinetic façade
http://www.core.form-ula.com/


FLARE, by STAAB Architects
http://kineticfacade.blogspot.com
http://www.staab-architekten.com/

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Projects

Decoi Architects, Aegis Hyposurface

Interactive kinetic wall with pneumatic reactive actuators built into a basic structural frame. The wall reacts to several stimuli: light, sound and movement;

Ivonne Chan Vili, School of Design at the University of Leeds, Shape Memory Alloys, Textiles
Thermostrictive textile with temperature sensitive wires, for interiors;

Bryan Boyer, BalnaeNY
Neoprene membrane with Electroactive Polymers (EAP): Electromagnetically sensitive thermal baths with kinetic surface-forming components; deformable floors and walls;

Becker Gewers Kuhn and Kuhn Architects, Museum of Modern Art, Munich, Germany (1992)
Photochromatic glazed building envelope

Peter Marino Associates, High Rise façade, Chanel Headquarter, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
Electrooptical glass, LED

Kieran Timberlake Associates, SmartWrap Pavilion, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, NY
Polyvalent building skin; film with OLED diodes, with organic photovoltaic cells (OPV); film with Phase Change material (PCM)

GLASSX: light directing insulation glazing system with sal hydrate PCM. Operating principle at high and low solar positions.

Reef Installation - Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, VA and Storefront for Art and Architecture, NY
By Los Angeles Designers Rob Ley (Urbana) and Joshua G. Stein (Radical Craft).This kinetic sculptural installation takes advantage of new Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) technology to create a responsive environment.
http://www.reefseries.com

James Carpenter Design Associates
Dichroic light field on a large plane of semi-reflective glass. Façade system.

Mike Davies, polyvalent wall.
Exterior wall as a thin system with layers of weather skin, sensors and actuators, and photoelectrics.