| id |
ecaade2022_228 |
| authors |
Körner, Andreas |
| year |
2022 |
| title |
Chromogenic Composites - A case study combining thermochromics with heat transfer simulations and digital fabrication in architectural education |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.1.291
|
| source |
Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 1, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 291–300 |
| summary |
Over the last few decades, environmental considerations have become increasingly important in architecture. To predict and simulate material changes and environmental forces can help architects to articulate surfaces. In architectural education, an increasing amount of the curricula are engaging with aspects of energy design, sustainability, and environmental simulations. The successful integration of related novel technologies in education has been demonstrated in the past. This paper documents a technical seminar that focused on the combination of digital environmental simulations and smart materials to create chromogenic prototypes for environmentally responsive architectural composites. Thermochromic chromogenics are substances that reversibly change colour depending on temperature. Specifically, the task was to come up with novel techniques to combine such materials with varying substrates to achieve dynamic panels. The course design was informed by a variety of design research and learning concepts. Students were asked to use digital heat transfer simulations to predict the smart material changes of computationally designed panels. Each of the eight idiosyncratic prototypes was modified with a variety of techniques and coated with thermochromic ink to achieve complex heat signature patterns. The resulting chromogenic composites were documented and analyzed using photos and infrared thermography. The seminar’s results showed that the three aspects (simulation, material, fabrication) can help to introduce eco-relevant technologies to design education. For this paper, both the outcomes and the course design itself were reviewed to better understand the co-creation process of the three aspects. This evaluation provided a rich repertoire of possibilities to combine different technologies for creative environmental design in architecture; all while maintaining an engaging teaching environment. |
| keywords |
Education, Smart Materials, Simulation, Prototyping, Heat Transfer |
| series |
eCAADe |
| email |
|
| full text |
 file.pdf (3,864,442 bytes) |
| references |
Content-type: text/plain
|
Addington, D.M. & Schodek, D.L. (2005)
 Smart Materials and Technologies in Architecture
, Burlington: Elsevier
|
|
|
|
|
Burry, J., Salim, F., Williams, M., Pena de Leon, A., Sharaidin Kamil and Burry, M. et al. (2013)
Understanding Heat Transfer Performance for Designing Better Facades
, Proceedings of ACADIA 2013, pp. 71-78
|
|
|
|
|
Chronis, A., Dubor, A., Cabay, E. and Sadeghipour Roudsari, M. (2017)
Integration of CFD in Computational Design
, Proceedings of eCAADe 2017, pp. 601-610
|
|
|
|
|
Cross, N. (1999)
Design Research
, Design Issues, 15(2), pp. 5-10
|
|
|
|
|
Cupkova, D. and Promoppatum, P. (2017)
Modulating Thermal Mass Behavior Through Surface Figuration
, Proceedings of ACADIA 2017, pp. 202-211. Cupkova, D., Byrne, D. and Cascaval, D. (2018). 'Sentient Concrete: Developing Embedded Thermal and Thermochromic Interactions for Architecture and Built Environment',Proceedings of CAADRIA 2018, pp. 545-554
|
|
|
|
|
Ghoshdastidar, P.S. (2004)
Heat Transfer
, Oxford University Press: Delhi, Oxford
|
|
|
|
|
Groat, L. and Wang, D. (2013)
Architectural Research Methods
, 3rd edn. New York, Chichester: Wiley
|
|
|
|
|
Haak, E. (2021)
Learning Cycle
, Inchainge Knowledge Base. Available at: https://inchainge.com/knowledge/experiential-learning/learning-cycle/ (Accessed 8 February 2022)
|
|
|
|
|
Kretzer, M. (2017)
Information Materials
, Cham: Springer
|
|
|
|
|
Körner, A. (2019)
Thermochromic Articulations
, Proceedings of ACADIA 2019, pp. 332-337
|
|
|
|
|
Körner, A. (2021)
Thermochromic Animation
, Proceedings of eCAADe 2021, pp. 453-462
|
|
|
|
|
Lally, S. (2009)
Potential Futures
, Architectural Design, 79(3), pp. 88-97
|
|
|
|
|
Lampert, C.M. (2004)
Chromogenic Smart Materials
, Materials Today, 7(3), pp. 28-35
|
|
|
|
|
Lynn, G. (2010)
From Tectonics to Cooking in a Bag
, Lynn G. and Gage, M.F. (eds.) Composites, Surfaces, and Software. New York, London: W.W. Norton, pp. 19-24
|
|
|
|
|
Marble, S. (ed.) (2012)
Digital Workflows in Architecture
, Barcelona: ActarBirkhäuser
|
|
|
|
|
Perez, G., Allegro, V.R., Corroto, M., Pons, A. and Guerrero, A. (2018)
Smart reversible thermochromic mortar for improvement of energy efficiency in buildings
, Construction and Building Materials, 186, pp. 884-891
|
|
|
|
|
Peters, T. and Peters, B. (eds.) (2017)
Computing the Environment
, Hoboken: Wiley
|
|
|
|
|
Phillips, S.J. (2017)
Elastic Architecture
, Cambridge: MIT Press
|
|
|
|
|
Roberts, A. and Marsh, A. (2001)
ECOTECT
, Proceedings of eCAAde 2001, pp. 342-347
|
|
|
|
|
Rousseau, P. (2021)
Digital Pedagogy
, University of Toronto Libraries Research Guides. Available at: https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/digitalpedagogy (Accessed 22 December 2021)
|
|
|
|
| last changed |
2024/04/22 07:10 |
|
