Leung, Christopher;
(2013)
Responsive architecture.
In: O'Brien, J, (ed.)
VEIV: Celebrating the Engineering Doctorate in Virtual Environments, Imaging & Visualisation at University College London.
(pp. 72-73).
The Engineering Doctorate Centre in Virtual Environments, Imaging and Visualisation (EngD VEIV): London, UK.
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Abstract
This research interest surrounds the ways that buildings and, in particular, façades could be dynamic and physically articulated to respond to changes in synoptic weather conditions across seasons. A practical demonstration of this approach was the Deployable External Insulation (DEI) developed at the Bartlett, and realised with a full-size pavilion in 2008, using the Bartlett’s manufacturing workshop. This showed how a kinetic façade with movable shutters could be operated by passive thermo-hydraulic actuators. These actuators exploit the liquid-to-solid transitions of Phase-Change Materials (PCMs) such as paraffin waxes, when they absorb sufficient thermal energy above ambient they expand to generate a large hydrostatic force; a property that can be used to directly move building elements.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Responsive architecture |
| ISBN: | 0-9551-2329-1 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-0-9551-2329-0 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://veiv.cs.ucl.ac.uk/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Architecture |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10062362 |
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