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:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 24.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.523kg
ISBN:  

9783764399863

ISBN 10:   3764399864
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   10 March 2010
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

A Theory and planning Movement in space and the movement of objects Exploring space – Creating space – Dancing space The dynamics of nature Motion in photography and film Robots and space Movement and construction principles The principles of designing movement The principles of mechanics Scale and complexity of systems Typologies of movement Choosing materials High-strenght and flexible materials Movable load-bearing structures Movable connections Actuators Measuring, controlling, regulating Planning guidelines and legal frameworks Future movement strategies Harnessing the changing state of matter Changing colours, forms and properties Smart Structures Growth B Applications and functions Changing and extending uses and functions Variable walls Variable room elements Opening the building envelope Mobile and movable building envelopes Conserving and generating energy Architecture, movement and energy The principle of efficiency Solar gain in context Factor 1.4 – The potential of movement for solar gain Daylight direction using moving deflectors Interaction: Recognizing, controlling and representing movement Elevators and conveyors Recognizing and representing movement C Buildings and building elements – Case studies Swivel Rotate Flap Slide Fold Expand and contract Gather and roll up Pneumatic

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

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