Responsive Shading | Intelligent Facade Systems (2010)
article⁄Responsive Shading | Intelligent Facade Systems (2010)
abstract⁄As issues of sustainability gain traction for architects, methodologies for designing, analyzing, and calibrating design solutions have emerged as essential areas of research and development. A number of approaches have been pursued with regard to embedding data into the design process, most fall into one of two approaches to research. The first approach is to mediate environmental impact at the level of applied technology the second alters building methods and material construction, generating efficient energy use. However, few approaches deal with the crafting of relationships between information and performance on an architectural level. We will examine an approach focused on understanding how crafting relationships between information and design can move architecture towards achieving sustainability. In developing this approach, we created a datadriven design methodology spanning from design inception to construction. Datadriven models, common in the fields of natural science, offer a method to generate and test a multiplicity of responsive solutions. By contextualizing the solutions generated, we were able design though a set of specific and controlled responses rather than as a singular solution. Information utilization requires a new kind of craft that moves beyond instances into relationships and offers performance sensitive issues in design a focused trajectory. We applied this method to the research and development of a responsive shading structure built in conjunction with a thermal testing lab for two test locations Austin, Texas Figure. 1 and 2 and Munich, Germany. The following paper chronicles the design and construction at the Texas site over an academic semester.
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| Year |
2010 |
| Authors |
Beaman, Michael; Bader, Stefan. |
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ACADIA 10: LIFE in:formation, On Responsive Information and Variations in Architecture |
| Pages |
263-270 |
| Library link |
N/A |
| Entry filename |
responsive-shading-intelligent-facade-systems |
