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Adaptive high-performance and multifunctional façade systems [PDF]

Frontiers in Built Environment
Adaptive, high-performance and multifunctional façades are recognized as key contributors to the EU’s climate-neutral agenda, as outlined in Directive (EU) 2024/1275, the Renovation Wave, and Horizon Europe initiatives.
Maria Matheou, Marios C. Phocas, Eftychios G. Christoforou, Andreas Müller   +3 more
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The Application of Biomimicry in Kinetic Facades

Journal of Engineering, 2016
Biomimicry, as a way of thinking to go back to nature for inspiration, has its impact on many contemporary technological achievements. Some of them are used to design and construct kinetic facades in architecture, because of the importance role of ...
Wijdan Deyaa Abdul Jalil, Lecturer
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SMP Prototype Design and Fabrication for Thermo-responsive Façade Elements

Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, 2019
The aim to attain sustainability in the built environment introduced the innovative application of advanced material technologies for low-energy, but aesthetically intriguing, building design strategies.
Jungwon Yoon
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Modern Mashrabiyas with High-tech Daylight Responsive Systems

ARCHive-SR, 2017
The environmental and social role of closed oriental balconies (Mashrabiyas) remains a significant vernacular aspect of Middle Eastern architecture. However, nowadays this traditional Islamic window element with its characteristic latticework is used to ...
Yasmin M. El Semary, Hany Attalla, Iman Gawad   +2 more
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Integrating dynamic façade design into architectural education and practice through Mashrabiya-inspired kinetic systems

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Purpose This research assesses the knowledge enhancement of students as a consequence of the integration of traditional architectural concepts and contemporary kinetic facades systems.
Isra’a Fardous, Amar Bennadji
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Adaptive Façades for High-Rise Residential Buildings: A Qualitative Analysis of the Design Parameters and Methods

Buildings
The design and construction of adaptive façades have garnered increasing attention as a means to enhance the energy performance and sustainability of high-rise residential buildings.
Ayrin Assadimoghadam, Saeed Banihashemi, Milica Muminovic, Charles Lemckert, Paul Sanders   +4 more
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Reinforcement Learning-Enabled Adaptive Control for Climate-Responsive Kinetic Building Facades

Buildings
As people spend most of their time indoors, the quality of the indoor lighting environment plays a crucial role in occupant health, mood, and productivity.
Zhuorui Li, Jinzhao Tian, Guanzhou Ji, Tiffany Cheng, Vivian Loftness, Xu Han   +5 more
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Genetic algorithm-based assessment of kinetic façade prototypes for energy optimization and user comfort: a hotel case study in Iran

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Hotel buildings in hot-humid climates face complex design challenges due to continuous occupancy, diverse functional spaces, and high demands for energy efficiency and occupant comfort. This study investigated how kinetic façade systems can address these
Samaneh Safaripoor, Mozhgan Karimi, Marjan Ilbeigi, Fatemeh Ahrari, Farbod Khalili, Fatemeh Mashhadimohammadzadehvazifeh, Raed Alelwani   +6 more
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Designing Adaptability Strategy to a Novel Kinetic Adaptive Façade (NKAF); Toward a Pioneering Method in Dynamic-objects Daylight Simulation (Post-Processing)

Journal of Daylighting
The design and evaluation of adaptive facades (AFs) have become increasingly complex due to advancements in morphology, control strategies, and adaptability techniques.
Ali Goharian, Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad, Sana Ghazazani, Seyed Morteza Hosseini, Zahra Zamani, Hossein Yavari, Fereshteh Ghafarpoor, Fataneh Shoghi   +7 more
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Exo-structures and domotic algorithms for dynamic architecture

Ain Shams Engineering Journal
Physics, Architecture, Design, and Engineering will renew how buildings interact with their surroundings. An extra layer must be performed between the context and the building to create a new paradigm for Dynamic Architecture.
Samuel Aguilar Posadas, Gesuri Morales-Luna, Guillermo Fernández-Anaya   +2 more
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