Urban Microclimate Canopy: Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Growth Simulation of a Living Architecture Prototype

Urban Microclimate Canopy: Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Growth Simulation of a Living Architecture Prototype

Urban Microclimate Canopy is a digitally fabricated fiber glass structure supporting climbing plants in order to explore new ways of integrating vegetation in densely built urban environments. A prototype was designed and manufactured in the context of an interdisciplinary studio with master’s stude...

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Main Authors: Qiguan Shu, Wilfrid Middleton, Moritz Dörstelmann, Daniele Santucci, Ferdinand Ludwig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
building greening
parametric design
living architecture
robotic fabrication
twining plants
research by design
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/15/6004

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