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Responsive architecture

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. Green open access

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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-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10062362
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