Responsive Building Envelopes: Parametic Control of Moveable Facade components

The challenge of developing adaptive, responsive low-energy architecture requires new knowledge about the complex and dynamic interaction between envelope architecture, optimization between competing environmental performance metrics (light, heat and wind indices) and local climate variables. Advan...

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Main Authors: Hanafin, S., Hobbs, M., Datta, Sambit
Other Authors: Dr Ujjal Kumar Ghosh
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Curtin Sarawak 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43533
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author Hanafin, S.
Hobbs, M.
Datta, Sambit
author2 Dr Ujjal Kumar Ghosh
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Hanafin, S.
Hobbs, M.
Datta, Sambit
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description The challenge of developing adaptive, responsive low-energy architecture requires new knowledge about the complex and dynamic interaction between envelope architecture, optimization between competing environmental performance metrics (light, heat and wind indices) and local climate variables. Advances in modeling the geometry of building envelopes and control technologies for adaptive buildings now permit the sophisticated evaluation of alternative envelope configurations for a set of performance criteria. This paper reports on a study of the parametric control of a building envelope based on moveable facade components, acting as a shading device to reduce thermal gain within the building. This is investigated using two alternative tiling strategies, a hexagonal tiling and a pentagonal tiling, considering the component design, supporting structure and control methods.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-435332023-01-27T05:52:12Z Responsive Building Envelopes: Parametic Control of Moveable Facade components Hanafin, S. Hobbs, M. Datta, Sambit Dr Ujjal Kumar Ghosh Dr Ramasamy Nagarajan Dr M.V. Prasanna Dr Amar Sahed parametric modelling moveable facade components responsive envelopes tiling geometry The challenge of developing adaptive, responsive low-energy architecture requires new knowledge about the complex and dynamic interaction between envelope architecture, optimization between competing environmental performance metrics (light, heat and wind indices) and local climate variables. Advances in modeling the geometry of building envelopes and control technologies for adaptive buildings now permit the sophisticated evaluation of alternative envelope configurations for a set of performance criteria. This paper reports on a study of the parametric control of a building envelope based on moveable facade components, acting as a shading device to reduce thermal gain within the building. This is investigated using two alternative tiling strategies, a hexagonal tiling and a pentagonal tiling, considering the component design, supporting structure and control methods. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43533 Curtin Sarawak fulltext
spellingShingle parametric modelling
moveable facade components
responsive envelopes
tiling geometry
Hanafin, S.
Hobbs, M.
Datta, Sambit
Responsive Building Envelopes: Parametic Control of Moveable Facade components
title Responsive Building Envelopes: Parametic Control of Moveable Facade components
title_full Responsive Building Envelopes: Parametic Control of Moveable Facade components
title_fullStr Responsive Building Envelopes: Parametic Control of Moveable Facade components
title_full_unstemmed Responsive Building Envelopes: Parametic Control of Moveable Facade components
title_short Responsive Building Envelopes: Parametic Control of Moveable Facade components
title_sort responsive building envelopes: parametic control of moveable facade components
topic parametric modelling
moveable facade components
responsive envelopes
tiling geometry
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43533