Responsive façade system using smart and bistable materials. Student: Elena Vazquez;faculty: José Duarte, Zoubeida Ounaies, Clive Randall, Benay Gursoy.
The goal of the project is to use new technologies to support context-sensitive, responsive, or smart design at different scales.
The idea is to develop strategies to design and operate built structures that are optimized from a multitude of viewpoints, consume the least amount of energy and material resources while guaranteeing high performance standards. Among the technologies used are smart materials, digital fabrication, generative systems, machine learning, and optimization.
Vazquez, E., Poerschke, U., & Duarte, J. "Masonry screen walls: A digital framework for optimizing environmental performance through brick configuration," in Architectural Science Review. DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2020.1749552 (Published online: 10 Apr 2020)
Vazquez, E., Gursoy, B., & Duarte, J. (2020). "Formalizing Shape-Change in Design: 3D Printed Shapes and Hydro-Responsive Material Transformations." International Journal of Architectural Computing, Volume: 18 issue: 1, page(s): 1-17. DOI: 10.1177/1478077119895216
Vazquez, E.; Randall, C,; Duarte, J.P.. "Shape-changing architectural skins: A review on materials, design, and fabrication strategies and performance analysis." Journal of Facade Design and Engineering 7, no. 2 (2019): 93-114. https://doi.org/10.7480/jfde.2...
