Hydro Panel
//The panel is made by two surfaces containing hydrogel spheres in between. It works as a cooling facade system which absorbs water from the rain and keeps the facade cool for a longer time as the water evaporates slowly.
HydroPanel
Posted in Akanksha Rathee, Elena Mitrofanova, Pongtida Santayanon, Uncategorized Tagged container, coolingsystem, digitalmatter, facade, galapagos, grasshopper, hydrogel, iaac, optimization, Panel, polyacrylamide, polyacrylate, rain, Rhino, SAP, sphere, super absorbent polymer, water, [Designing Associativity 2014] Comments closed
Tent in Barcelona
Posted in Jose Roberto Diaz Braga, Raphael Teixeira Libonati , Richard Aoun Comments closed
Energy Façade
This assignment related to our studio research of the Media TIC building and its sustainable design. Whilst the existing façade of the building is designed to absorb sunlight, we created an additional surface that would further enhance this feature. Therefore, the surface was placed on the buildings façade in order to absorb energy sunlight. This was achieved by implementing Galapagos in our design process, which optimized the most successful angle and shape, in order to receive the most sunlight. Dependant on the buildings existing surroundings, the skin is affected by light and shadow. As a result, our aim was to offer an additional sustainable feature to this existing building.
Posted in Mohamad Yassin, Natalie Alima, Sebastian Alvarado Grugiel Comments closed
Frame bend optimization
In our studio project research we are using contracting shape memory alloy wires to bend frame panels.
Flexinol is a brand name for a specifically programmed shape memory alloy that contracts by 4.5% when heated to a specific temperature and then returns to its initial length. In our case, a flexinol wire connects two points of a planar frame, causing it to bend.
physical model
Posted in Apostolos Marios Mouzakopoulos, Dimitrios Aidonis, Giombattista Areddia Comments closed