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Kinetic Strucutres

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• The term "Kinetic" is an adjective that refers to everything
produced by movement. The term "Architecture" is a noun that
refers to the design or style of a building or buildings.
• Kinetic architecture, though it is not a newly discovered concept, it
has been scarcely applied until recently.
• The explosion of technology enabled kinetic architecture to make a
spectacular comeback and attack traditional architecture, due to
the powerful combination of manufacturing and use of
technologies, sustained by kinetic architecture.
• Increasing needs for time saving and use of technological inventions
of different mobilities and automations, which promise to optimise
and provide to the inhabitant a better living, set off a new era in
building design.
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• (1) The use of robotics in a building, during the
construction or for inhabitancy needs,
• (2) the “smart houses” which, with the use of computers
and sensors, are designed to satisfy the inhabitants’ basic
needs (i.e. ventilation, sun protection etc.)
• (3) transformation of the shape of a construction by
mechanisms which allow adaptation either to
environmental conditions or to the will of the user, and One Ocean Thematic Pavilion EXPO 2012
many more constitute expression of kinetic architecture

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• creating structures both kinetic and
adaptive, make them gain the ability to
respond to changing conditions like
weather, sun location, etc
• Taking into account the many
possibilities and the advantageous
features of kinetic Design Support for The Bengt Sjostrom Theater
Kinetic Structures architecture, it is
easily foreseen that kinetic structures
could clearly meet the needs of
modern society like practical,
aesthetical, interacting with the
environment etc. as well as support and
accomplish multiple functions; maybe
all these at the same time.
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• The start of using movable
bridges was earlier than the
Middle Ages; as there is
evidence of using this type
of structures in Egypt in the
fourteenth century B.C. as
well as in Babylon
• Movable bridges
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• Kinetic structures are classified into three
main categories, which are
• 1. embedded kinetic structures
• 2. deployable kinetic structures
• 3. dynamic kinetic structures

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 1. Embedded Kinetic Structures:

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• systems that exist within a
larger architectural whole in a
fixed location.
• The main function is controlling
the architectural system as a
whole in response to changing
factors such as environmental
changes especially seismic and
wind conditions.

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• structures that typically exist in a temporary
location and are easily transportable
• These systems are characterized by their ability
of being constructed and deconstructed in
reverse which afford mobility rather than
motion within a fixed structure.
• The Carlos Moseley Music Pavilion is a state-of-
the-art performance facility that creates an
example for a deployable kinetic structure .
The design of the Carlos Moseley Music
Pavilion allows the structure to be easily
constructed and deconstructed, then moved to
the next performance location. The pavilion
consists of seven semi-trucks that carry the
entire facility to any open site

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• "Dynamic kinetic structures exist within a larger
architectural whole but act independently with
respect to control of the larger context“
• They include small architectural elements as
well as large ones, such as doors, windows,
movable partitions, furniture, and ceilings
• The Flare-façade system is a modular dynamic
system that can be installed on building's
façades or any wall surface. This system creates
a living skin allowing the building to express,
communicate and interact with its
environments. The Flare-façade system consists
of a number of tiltable metal flake bodies
• Each of the units reflects the bright sky or
sunlight when in vertical standby position

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