Adaptive Textile Facades Through the Integration of Shape Memory Alloy (2020)
article⁄Adaptive Textile Facades Through the Integration of Shape Memory Alloy (2020)
abstract⁄The RD project ADAPTEX showcases a materialdriven and computationally informed design approach to adaptive textile facades through the integration of shape memory alloy SMA as an actuator. The results exhibit thermally responsive and selfsufficient sunshading solutions with innovative design potential that enhance the energy performance of the built environment. With regard to climate targets, an environmentally viable concept is proposed that reduces the energy required for climatization, is lightweight, and can function as a refurbishment system. Two conceptsADAPTEX Wave and ADAPTEX Meshare being developed to be tested as fullscale demonstrators for facade deployment by an interdisciplinary team from architecture, textile design, facade engineering, and material research. The two concepts follow a materialdriven, lowcomplexity design strategy and differ in type of kinetic movement, textile construction, integration of the SMA, reset force, and scale of permeability. In this paper, we describe the computational design process and tools to develop and design current and future prototypes and demonstrators, providing insights on the challenges and potentials of developing textiles with integrated shape memory alloys for architectural applications.
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| Year |
2020 |
| Authors |
Schneider, Maxie; Fransen Waldhor, Ebba; Denz, Paul-Rouven; Vongsingha, Puttakhun; Suwannapruk, Natchai; Sauer, Christiane. |
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ACADIA 2020: Distributed Proximities / Volume I: Technical Papers |
| Pages |
360-370. |
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| Entry filename |
adaptive-textile-facades-through-integration-shape |
