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Using Smart Materials To Mimic Nature in Architecture
Using Smart Materials To Mimic Nature in Architecture
Using Smart Materials To Mimic Nature in Architecture
NATURE IN ARCHITECTURE
JONATHAN GILDER
DEREK CLEMENTS-CROOME
DATE: 19/11/2014
INTRODUCTION
The application of smart materials to building facades primarily ETFE
(Ethylene Tetrafluoro Ethylene) is a new field. This presentation shall
demonstrate the creative application and advantages of using these
materials.
Very few areas of research where there is an amalgamation of two or
more smart material systems being used to produce an assembly /
module / product.
Most of these technologies are working on an isolated agenda to produce
a desired efficiency or result.
BIO-INSPIRED SYSTEMS
INTEGRATING STRUCTURE AND HVAC (HEATING, VENTILATION,
AIR CONDITIONING):
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
INTEGRATING STRUCTURE AND HVAC (HEATING, VENTILATION AIR CONDITIONING)
DESIGN RESEARCH
Using a combination of ETFE (Ethyle Tetrafluoro Ethylene),
photovoltaics, moths-eye film, electro-chromics and air, a
designed case study was simulated through a Building Energy
DESIGN RESEARCH
Sensors and actuator control small openings of individual modules. This allows for a
breathing skin and reduces point draft from fixed windows
IMPLICATIONS IN PRACTISE
The results of the simulation showed that:
The low cost and low embodied material could be effectively used to design
monoque structures with large spans and column free envelopes
The creative amalgamation of smart materials on ETFE are not only dynamic in
their operation by also cost effective in the long run.
Integrated Photovoltaics is regarded by many as the next phase of
technological development in building faade systems.
REFERENCES
Askeland, Donald R.; Pradeep P. Phul (2005). The Science & Engineering of
Materials, 5th edition, Thomson-Engineering.
M.Schwartz, The Encyclopedia of Smart Materials, vol.II. New York: John Wiley
and Sons, pp.1138-1139
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