Overview

Dynamic components and adaptive elements are becoming increasingly important in contemporary architecture, and not just because of their visual effect. If architects and engineers are engaging more and more with the issue of movement – whether in the form of sun-tracking solar cells, lowerable walls, or intelligently programmed elevators – it’s because they are busy exploring responses to three challenges: How can we control and reduce the energy requirement of buildings? How can we expand the range of possible uses? And how can we represent, illustrate, accommodate, and control dynamic movements in buildings? Designers and builders who seek to use kinetic components face technical and design challenges that aren’t covered by traditional structural theory. For these users, this book presents the technical tools and constructional solutions that will allow them to implement these movements concretely and deploy them functionally within the domains of of ""Energy,"" ""Change of Use,"" and ""Interaction."" First it lays out the fundamentals and design principles of kinetics in architecture, technology, art, and nature in a structured manner. In a third section, forty movable elements are shown in action, each on a double page – with specially prepared phase drawings and organized by type of movement, including rotation, sliding, folding, and transformation. The international examples from noted architects range from window mechanisms to solar protection and light redirection systems, movable walls and roofs, and movable civil engineering structures.

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Author:   Michael Schumacher ,  Oliver Schaeffer ,  Michael-Marcus Vogt ,  Anna Scheuermann
Publisher:   Birkhauser
Imprint:   Birkhauser
Edition:   Edition. ed.
Weight:   1.520kg
ISBN:  

9783764399856

ISBN 10:   3764399856
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   10 March 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Language:   German

Table of Contents

A Theorie und Planung Konzepte von Bewegung am Objekt und im Raum Erkunden – Entwerfen – Vertanzen Die Dynamik der Natur Bewegung in Fotografie und Film Über das Verhältnis von Roboter und Raum Grundlagen von Bewegung und Konstruktion Grundlagen der Gestaltung von Bewegung Grundlagen aus der Mechanik Systemgröße und –komplexität Typologie der Bewegung Aspekte zur Materialwahl Hochfeste und flexible Werkstoffe Bewegliche Tragwerke Bewegliche Verbindungen Aktuatoren Messen, steuern, regeln Planungsrichtlinien und rechtlicher Rahmen Zukünftige Bewegungsstrategien Nutzung wechselnder Aggregatzustände Form-, Farb- und Eigenschaftsveränderungen Smart Structures Wachstum B Anwendungen und Fuktionen Nutzungen ändern und erweiternWandelbare Wände Wandelbare Raumelemente Hülle öffnen Bewegliche Raumhülle Energie sparen und gewinnen Architektur, Bewegung und Energie Das Prinzip der Effizienz Rahmenbedingungen solarer Nutzungen Solare Gewinne – Faktor 1,4 durch Bewegung Tageslichtführung durch bewegliche Bauteile Interaktion: Bewegung aufnehmen, lenken und abbilden Beförderungsanlagen Bewegung erfassen und abbilden C Gebäude und Bauteile Drehen RotierenKlappen Schieben Falten Verketten Raffen und rollen Pneumatisch

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Michael Schumacher is a professor of design and construction at Leibniz University Hannover.

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