BOOKSHELF FAÇADE

/// Bookshelf Facade IMAGINED BY: Lourdes Lopez-Garrido, Tillmann Klein, Robert Barnstone, Arie Bergsma, Raymond van Sabben DATE: 05/09/2007 KEYWORDS: free-form, pneumatic, system, insulation, load-bearing, lightness, structure, façade, envelope, transportation, 0-10 years, foil, membrane The construction is based on a grid-structure made of

BALLOON SUN-SHADING

/// Balloon Sun-Shading IMAGINED BY: Marcel Bilow, Tillmann Klein DATE: 13/03/2006 KEYWORDS: pneumatic, sunshading, moving, adapting, façade, envelope, 0-10 years,foil, air The combination of deflated (façade) and inflated constructions (e.g. balloons) can be used to create sun-shading devices or different transparencies

Towards the Living Envelope

/// Towards the living Envelope. Biomimetics for building envelope adaption. PhD researcher: Lidia Badarnah Kadri Promoter: Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Knaack Co-promoter: Prof. Dr. D. Baumeister Period: Sept 2007 – June 2012

Energy Generating Facades

/// Energy Generating Facades. Thermal comfort and building autarky in accordance to long-term stored facade generated energy. Project leader: Dipl.-Ing. M. Eng. Christian Wiegel. Executed by: Christian Wiegel by order of SOLARLUX Aluminium Systeme GmbH Period: July 2012 – August