Category Archives: Experimental
Heat Balloons
/// Heat Balloons IMAGINED BY: Maksym Iurovnikov and Prof. Daniel Dendra / DIA DATE: 05-09-2010 KEYWORDS: energy, sunshading, façade, energy harvesting This concept is based on the principle of heat absorbing balloons. Imagine a layer of black balloons covering the whole surface
Heat Balloons
/// Heat Balloons IMAGINED BY: Maksym Iurovnikov and Prof. Daniel Dendra / DIA DATE: 05-09-2010 KEYWORDS: energy, sunshading, façade, energy harvesting This concept is based on the principle of heat absorbing balloons. Imagine a layer of black balloons covering the whole surface
CO2 CONTAINER STRUCTURE
/// CO2 CONTAINER STRUCTURE IMAGINED BY: Till Klein, Marcel Bilow, Linda Hildebrand, Ulrich Knaack DATE: 24-03-2011 KEYWORDS: CO2, waste storage, reuse Let’s think about the potential of storing CO2 – no, we are not trying to hide the CO2 in old mines
CO2 CONTAINER STRUCTURE
/// CO2 CONTAINER STRUCTURE IMAGINED BY: Till Klein, Marcel Bilow, Linda Hildebrand, Ulrich Knaack DATE: 24-03-2011 KEYWORDS: CO2, waste storage, reuse Let’s think about the potential of storing CO2 – no, we are not trying to hide the CO2 in old mines
BOOK WALL
/// BOOK WALL IMAGINED BY: Workshop “I am Energy”, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts – School of Architecture, TU Delft – Faculty of Architecture – Façade Research Group DATE: 09/06/2010 KEYWORDS: recycling, reuse, embodied energy, books Brainstorming Start: cardboard,
BOOK WALL
/// BOOK WALL IMAGINED BY: Workshop “I am Energy”, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts – School of Architecture, TU Delft – Faculty of Architecture – Façade Research Group DATE: 09/06/2010 KEYWORDS: recycling, reuse, embodied energy, books Brainstorming Start: cardboard,
BALLOON INSULATION
/// BALLOON INSULATION IMAGINED BY: Workshop “I am Energy”, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts – School of Architecture, TU Delft – Faculty of Architecture – Façade Research Group, renderings by Jens Böke KEYWORDS: pneumatic, electrostatic, flying architecture, adaptivity This concept uses
BALLOON INSULATION
/// BALLOON INSULATION IMAGINED BY: Workshop “I am Energy”, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts – School of Architecture, TU Delft – Faculty of Architecture – Façade Research Group, renderings by Jens Böke KEYWORDS: pneumatic, electrostatic, flying architecture, adaptivity This concept uses
AIR ARCHITECTURE
/// AIR ARCHITECTURE IMAGINED BY Yves Klein “My walls of fire and my walls of water, with the roofs of air, materials for a new architecture. With these three classical elements, fire, air, and water, the city of tomorrow will be constructed; it
AIR ARCHITECTURE
/// AIR ARCHITECTURE IMAGINED BY Yves Klein “My walls of fire and my walls of water, with the roofs of air, materials for a new architecture. With these three classical elements, fire, air, and water, the city of tomorrow will be constructed; it
Frame Work
/// Frame Work The idea is to come up with a new way to build a formwork for concrete in a way, which is fast and economic. The first attempt was made of cotton connected to a zipper with 8
Frame Work
/// Frame Work The idea is to come up with a new way to build a formwork for concrete in a way, which is fast and economic. The first attempt was made of cotton connected to a zipper with 8
Textile Form-work
/// Textile Form-work The aim for this project was to prepare bearing structure node made of concrete, which serves as support element for a table. Three bars should carry the table plate as a legs. The concrete rods placed at
Textile Form-work
/// Textile Form-work The aim for this project was to prepare bearing structure node made of concrete, which serves as support element for a table. Three bars should carry the table plate as a legs. The concrete rods placed at
Rolled Wall
/// Rolled Wall Done by: Sascha Hickert , Carina Kisker The aim of this project is to design/develop an innovative light weight form work system, which is able to minimize the complexity for the core insulated double concrete walls form work,
Rolled Wall
/// Rolled Wall Done by: Sascha Hickert , Carina Kisker The aim of this project is to design/develop an innovative light weight form work system, which is able to minimize the complexity for the core insulated double concrete walls form work,
Punched Façade
/// Punched Façade An Idea based on integrating one of the technologies that had been used in car industry and bring it to façade construction world, by manufacturing a unitised façade element, which is based on the same principles used
Punched Façade
/// Punched Façade An Idea based on integrating one of the technologies that had been used in car industry and bring it to façade construction world, by manufacturing a unitised façade element, which is based on the same principles used
Matrix Façade
/// Matrix Façade IMAGINED BY: Nathan Volkers, guided by T. Klein DATE: 18/05/2009 KEYWORDS: decentralized, modular, ventilating, heating, cooling, adaptive, envelope, aluminum, plastics, membrane, composites PERFORMANCE: integrated functions Interpretation of the grid façade as a media matrix. Future climate integrated façades will be equipped
Matrix Façade
/// Matrix Façade IMAGINED BY: Nathan Volkers, guided by T. Klein DATE: 18/05/2009 KEYWORDS: decentralized, modular, ventilating, heating, cooling, adaptive, envelope, aluminum, plastics, membrane, composites PERFORMANCE: integrated functions Interpretation of the grid façade as a media matrix. Future climate integrated façades will be equipped
M&M’S® Façade
/// M&M’S® Façade IMAGINED BY: Sharon Lighart, guided by M. Bilow and H. Techen DATE: 30/03/2011 KEYWORDS: layered construction, modular, cooling, easy to assemble, envelope PERFORMANCE: integrated functions Typically, concrete consists of aggregates and cement paste. The aggregate has a significant influence on
M&M’S® Façade
/// M&M’S® Façade IMAGINED BY: Sharon Lighart, guided by M. Bilow and H. Techen DATE: 30/03/2011 KEYWORDS: layered construction, modular, cooling, easy to assemble, envelope PERFORMANCE: integrated functions Typically, concrete consists of aggregates and cement paste. The aggregate has a significant influence on
Integral Wall
/// Integral Wall IMAGINED BY: Charlotte Heesbeen, guided by T. Klein DATE: 18/05/2009 KEYWORDS: composite, free-form, ventilating, heating, cooling, load bearing, solid, envelope, unknown material PERFORMANCE: integrated functions This approach can be explained with the example of a tea cup. In the
Integral Wall
/// Integral Wall IMAGINED BY: Charlotte Heesbeen, guided by T. Klein DATE: 18/05/2009 KEYWORDS: composite, free-form, ventilating, heating, cooling, load bearing, solid, envelope, unknown material PERFORMANCE: integrated functions This approach can be explained with the example of a tea cup. In the
Component Façade
/// Component Façade IMAGINED BY: Leonie van Ginkel, guided by T. Klein DATE: 18/05/2009 KEYWORDS: prefabricated, modular, ventilating, heating, cooling, adapting, envelope, aluminium, plastics, composites PERFORMANCE: assembly This scenario is based on the idea that the façade itself does not have an independent load-bearing
Component Façade
/// Component Façade IMAGINED BY: Leonie van Ginkel, guided by T. Klein DATE: 18/05/2009 KEYWORDS: prefabricated, modular, ventilating, heating, cooling, adapting, envelope, aluminium, plastics, composites PERFORMANCE: assembly This scenario is based on the idea that the façade itself does not have an independent load-bearing
Rammed Salt Wall
/// Rammed Salt Wall IMAGINED BY: H. Techen, T. Auer, U. Knaack, T. Klein, M. Bilow and A. Compagno DATE: 27/10/2008 KEYWORDS: salt, material, dehumidification, cooling, façade PERFORMANCE: material Building in humid climates like that of Abu Dhabi requires the exterior
Rammed Salt Wall
/// Rammed Salt Wall IMAGINED BY: H. Techen, T. Auer, U. Knaack, T. Klein, M. Bilow and A. Compagno DATE: 27/10/2008 KEYWORDS: salt, material, dehumidification, cooling, façade PERFORMANCE: material Building in humid climates like that of Abu Dhabi requires the exterior
Concrete Vacuum Injection
/// Concrete Vacuum Injection IMAGINED BY: M. Bilow DATE: 11/08/2007 KEYWORDS: structure, concrete, injection, production principle, vacuum PERFORMANCE: production The basic principle of vacuum structures involves an airtight membrane enclosing pressure resistant filling elements. Upon applying vacuum, the membrane becomes stiff. This
Concrete Vacuum Injection
/// Concrete Vacuum Injection IMAGINED BY: M. Bilow DATE: 11/08/2007 KEYWORDS: structure, concrete, injection, production principle, vacuum PERFORMANCE: production The basic principle of vacuum structures involves an airtight membrane enclosing pressure resistant filling elements. Upon applying vacuum, the membrane becomes stiff. This
Cable-Car Caracas
/// Cable-Car Caracas IMAGINED BY: M. Bilow for Urban Think Tank DATE: 29/07/2007 KEYWORDS: construction, structure, fiber reinforced concrete PERFORMANCE: production A production method for the cable-car project in Caracas planned by Urban Think Tank to allow for a light roof construction for
Cable-Car Caracas
/// Cable-Car Caracas IMAGINED BY: M. Bilow for Urban Think Tank DATE: 29/07/2007 KEYWORDS: construction, structure, fiber reinforced concrete PERFORMANCE: production A production method for the cable-car project in Caracas planned by Urban Think Tank to allow for a light roof construction for
Waste Bottle Façade
/// Waste Bottle Façade IMAGINED BY: Zachary Jones supported by U. Knaack, T. Klein, and M. Bilow Part of the Future Envelope class at Penn State University DATE: 02/05/2011 KEYWORDS: façade, recycling, waste material, light, building material PERFORMANCE: recycling An ‘active’ passive system.
Waste Bottle Façade
/// Waste Bottle Façade IMAGINED BY: Zachary Jones supported by U. Knaack, T. Klein, and M. Bilow Part of the Future Envelope class at Penn State University DATE: 02/05/2011 KEYWORDS: façade, recycling, waste material, light, building material PERFORMANCE: recycling An ‘active’ passive system.
Plastic Properties II
/// Plastic Properties II IMAGINED BY: Richard Kelly, guided by U. Knaack, T. Klein, and M. Bilow Part of the Future Envelope class at Penn State University DATE: 07/04/2011 KEYWORDS: manipulating plastic, recycling, façade, system PERFORMANCE: recycling The idea is to find an
Plastic Properties II
/// Plastic Properties II IMAGINED BY: Richard Kelly, guided by U. Knaack, T. Klein, and M. Bilow Part of the Future Envelope class at Penn State University DATE: 07/04/2011 KEYWORDS: manipulating plastic, recycling, façade, system PERFORMANCE: recycling The idea is to find an
Plastic Properties I
/// Plastic Properties I IMAGINED BY: Richard Kelly, guided by U. Knaack, T. Klein, and M. Bilow Part of the Future Envelope class at Penn State University DATE: 07/04/2011 KEYWORDS: manipulating plastic, recycling, façade, system PERFORMANCE: recycling The idea is to develop
Plastic Properties I
/// Plastic Properties I IMAGINED BY: Richard Kelly, guided by U. Knaack, T. Klein, and M. Bilow Part of the Future Envelope class at Penn State University DATE: 07/04/2011 KEYWORDS: manipulating plastic, recycling, façade, system PERFORMANCE: recycling The idea is to develop
SMART HOUSE
/// SMART HOUSE IMAGINED BY: Behnisch Architects in cooperation with Transsolar and imagine envelope DATE: 05/07/2010 KEYWORDS: sun shading, adaptability, window, façade PERFORMANCE: shading In order to realize the best possible shading for the building, the design for this sun shading system
SMART HOUSE
/// SMART HOUSE IMAGINED BY: Behnisch Architects in cooperation with Transsolar and imagine envelope DATE: 05/07/2010 KEYWORDS: sun shading, adaptability, window, façade PERFORMANCE: shading In order to realize the best possible shading for the building, the design for this sun shading system
Pocket Façade
/// Pocket Façade IMAGINED BY: Michael Costa supported by U. Knaack, T. Klein, and M. Bilow Part of the Future Envelope class at Penn State University DATE: 05/04/2011 KEYWORDS: air, adapting, façade, system, foil PERFORMANCE: insulation The idea is based on using air
Pocket Façade
/// Pocket Façade IMAGINED BY: Michael Costa supported by U. Knaack, T. Klein, and M. Bilow Part of the Future Envelope class at Penn State University DATE: 05/04/2011 KEYWORDS: air, adapting, façade, system, foil PERFORMANCE: insulation The idea is based on using air
Micro-shingles
/// Micro-shingles IMAGINED BY: Lisa Rammig DATE: 30/11/2009 KEYWORDS: self-organizing, ventilation, moving, self-cleaning, interactive, adapting, envelope, building physics PERFORMANCE: weather adaptability This micro structure has the ability to adapt to current weather conditions. During dry and sunny conditions, it is open and air
Micro-shingles
/// Micro-shingles IMAGINED BY: Lisa Rammig DATE: 30/11/2009 KEYWORDS: self-organizing, ventilation, moving, self-cleaning, interactive, adapting, envelope, building physics PERFORMANCE: weather adaptability This micro structure has the ability to adapt to current weather conditions. During dry and sunny conditions, it is open and air
Liquid façade
///Liquid façade IMAGINED BY: Francesco Goia DATE: 25/11/2009 KEYWORDS: water storage, façade, energy storage, system PERFORMANCE: energy storage The idea of a liquid façade is not new; water inside a façade layer absorbs solar energy, thus reducing the temperature of the indoor
Liquid façade
///Liquid façade IMAGINED BY: Francesco Goia DATE: 25/11/2009 KEYWORDS: water storage, façade, energy storage, system PERFORMANCE: energy storage The idea of a liquid façade is not new; water inside a façade layer absorbs solar energy, thus reducing the temperature of the indoor
Breathing concrete
/// Breathing concrete IMAGINED BY: Marcel Bilow DATE: 12/05/2005 KEYWORDS: concrete, façade cladding, ventilation, breathing PERFORMANCE: air ventilation Beside the necessary reinforcement of a concrete wall, a fine mesh of ventilation pores could be integrated into the concrete that allows wind to
Breathing concrete
/// Breathing concrete IMAGINED BY: Marcel Bilow DATE: 12/05/2005 KEYWORDS: concrete, façade cladding, ventilation, breathing PERFORMANCE: air ventilation Beside the necessary reinforcement of a concrete wall, a fine mesh of ventilation pores could be integrated into the concrete that allows wind to
Foam screen
/// Foam screen IMAGINED BY: imagine Klappergassenworkshop DATE: 13/03/2009 KEYWORDS: foam, structure, building material, analysis, 3D Printing, Performance shading This idea to add a layer of foam to the window or façade element evolved from searching for ways to direct incident light. By
Foam screen
/// Foam screen IMAGINED BY: imagine Klappergassenworkshop DATE: 13/03/2009 KEYWORDS: foam, structure, building material, analysis, 3D Printing, Performance shading This idea to add a layer of foam to the window or façade element evolved from searching for ways to direct incident light. By
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