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The Sustainability of Adaptive Envelopes: Developments of Kinetic Architecture☆

Adaptive Façade: Concept, Applications, Research Questions

Responsive building envelope concepts in zero emission neighborhoods and smart cities - A roadmap to implementation

Design approaches and typologies of adaptive facades: A review

Adaptive facades can improve the building’s energy efficiency and economics, through their capability to change their behaviour in real time according to indoor-outdoor parameters, by means of materials, components, and systems. Therefore, adaptive facades can make a significant and viable contribution to meeting the EU´s 2020 targets. Several different types of adaptive facade concepts have already been developed, and an increase in emerging, innovative solutions is expected in the near future. According to recent research, the word ‘adaptive’ in the context of building facades is often associated in the literature with a long list of similar words. Moreover, there is no consistent definition of facade adaptability, although studies exist in relation to characterisation issues, design parameter, and classification. Even within the discipline of architecture and engineering, words such as ‘smart’, ‘intelligent’, ‘interactive’, ‘adaptive’, or ‘responsive’ have been used loosely and interchangeably, creating confusion as to their specific meaning and their conceptual relationship to building performance and design. In response to this, the goal of this paper is to build a provisional lexicon, or descriptive, behavioural, and methodological words, to assist researchers and designers in navigating the field of high-performance facades that incorporate materially innovative and feedback-based systems. It offers a brief overview of current advances in this nascent and rapidly evolving field and articulates a broader conceptual territory for the word ‘adaptive’, used in many cases to describe the technological systems that interact with the environment and the user by reacting to external influences and adapting their behaviour and functionality. The objective of this paper is to contribute to these developments by presenting the findings. Furthermore, common definitions will be proposed, based on the characterisation design parameters, classification approaches, and real case studies.

What is an adaptive façade? Analysis of recent terms and definitions from an international perspective

Adaptive facades provide opportunities for significant reductions in building energy use and CO2 emissions, while at the same time having a positive impact on the quality of the indoor environment. Many different types of adaptive facade concepts (materials, components and systems) have already been developed, and an increase in emerging, innovative solutions is expected for the near future. The goal of this paper is to contribute to these developments by describing activities in EU COST Action TU1403 aiming at the classification of adaptive facade concepts. We present an analysis of existing classification approaches to identify requirements and challenges that are faced in this process. Based on an analysis of strong points in these approaches, we propose a new matrix that can be used to characterize adaptive facade concepts in a comprehensive way. The elements of this matrix are explained with the use of three case studies: dynamic exterior shading facades, glazing with phase change materials and BIPV double-skin facades. We conclude the paper by providing directions for future extension of the characterization matrix and an outline of planned follow-up research activities.

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J. M. Rico-Martinez

Papers

Design for façade adaptability: Towards a unified and systematic characterization

Case Studies - Adaptive Facade Network