Adaptive Structures: Building for performance and sustainability (2011)
article⁄Adaptive Structures: Building for performance and sustainability (2011)
abstract⁄For most architects and engineers, the idea of optimizing a building’s design in relation to its location is so ingrained as to be a reflex. Still, most building professionals have a difficult time making the conceptual and practical leap to the notion of performancebased or ‘adaptive’ buildings. We call these adaptive buildings because they can adapt their shape and function in realtime to environmental changes. This field remains far less developed than other areas of practice, but the logic of adaptive performance which is timebased, responsive, and dynamic is compelling. Buildings that continuously attune their configurations in accordance with changing environmental conditions use less energy, offer more occupant comfort, and feature better overall space efficiency than static buildings.
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| Year |
2011 |
| Authors |
Hoberman, Chuck; Schwitter, Craig. |
| Issue |
ACADIA 11: Integration through Computation |
| Pages |
56-59 |
| Library link |
N/A |
| Entry filename |
adaptive-structures |
