| id |
ecaade2016_210 |
| authors |
Abdelmohsen, Sherif, Massoud, Passaint and Elshafei, Ahmed |
| year |
2016 |
| title |
Using Tensegrity and Folding to Generate Soft Responsive Architectural Skins |
| source |
Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 529-536 |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.529
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| wos |
WOS:000402063700058 |
| summary |
This paper describes the process of designing a prototype for a soft responsive system for a kinetic building facade. The prototype uses lightweight materials and mechanisms to generate a building facade skin that is both soft (less dependent on hard mechanical systems) and responsive (dynamically and simultaneously adapting to spatial and environmental conditions). By combining concepts stemming from both tensegrity structures and folding mechanisms, we develop a prototype that changes dynamically to produce varying facade patterns and perforations based on sensor-network data and feedback. We use radiation sensors and shape memory alloys to control the prototype mechanism and allow for the required parametric adaptation. Based on the data from the radiation sensors, the lengths of the shape memory alloys are altered using electric wires and are parametrically linked to the input data. The transformation in the resulting overall surface is directly linked to the desired levels of daylighting and solar exposure. We conclude with directions for future research, including full scale testing, advanced simulation, and multi-objective optimization. |
| keywords |
Soft responsive systems; tensegrity; folding; kinetic facades |
| series |
eCAADe |
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| full text |
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