Exploring Sensing-based Kinetic Design for Responsive Architecture

• Main Authors: Cheng-an Pan, 潘晨安
• Other Authors: Tay-sheng Jeng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65395346623197339516

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 建築學系碩博士班 === 96 === Current architectural design is limited by the lack of flexibility, where spatial configuration is static and cannot satisfy the requirement of environmental change. To create such a space that can respond to changing needs, current approaches to architectural design must be expanded to support dynamics, flexibility, and adaptability of design. . Trends in ubiquitous computing are opening up new opportunities for developing a new vision of an interactive and responsive and machine-integrated architecture. The term “responsive architecture” is commonly defined as a dynamic shape-shifting building system that is susceptible to alter its shape and physical properties in response to environmental conditions, user activities, and social contexts. . This thesis is focused on the design of responsive architecture from two complementary perspectives. One perspective is the macro-view regarding architecture as an interaction interface of contextual situation. The micro-view, inspired by Biology and Mechanism, is the dynamic conformation and behavior revealed by the characteristic of the basic primitives. . This thesis is organized as follows: . 1. Literature Review: This thesis provides a literature review of the contemporary development of responsive architecture. Analysis of design concepts, practice, and techniques are presented. . 2. Conceptual framework : This thesis provides a conceptual framework of responsive architecture, which is comprised of four parts: Situation － responsive architecture is driven by situations where context is sensitive with respect to user and environmental conditions Embodiment －Responsive primitive modules are developed to construct a dynamic responsive architecture. Scenario －The behavior of kinetic components is controlled by scenario-based hybrid control systems. Kinetics －To representation the actual performance derived from the motive population, a kinetic design model is required. . 3. Prototyping: A design prototype called “Mimosa” has been implemented. The design process ranging from sketching, kinetic modeling, physical design, control mechanisms, and digital fabrication is demonstrated. . 4. Conclusion and future work: A Review the research works of responsive is presented. The potential, derivational issues, and further research directions in responsive architecture are discussed. .