The second theme presented as an option for EXP2 is Sustainability, below are three examples for inspiration:
Achim Menges - HygroScope - Here the timber is laminated in such a way to replicate
the way plants naturally open and close due to the sun. His research is based on
studying systems found in nature and recreating them with robotic fabrication -
so it's a bit of a mix of sustainability and technology.
Menges is from the Institute of
Computational Design in Stuttgart and is giving a (free) lecture at UTS on
April 24; see further details here.
On
a larger scale and mechanical... the Al Bahar Towers in the Middle East. Here you'll see a fully
responsive operable facade.
Finally, and back to the small scaled end of the spectrum again, below is a video about a project which my colleagues
did in London last year - Circular House. It explored the concept of the
Circular Economy, where all materials are re-used, recycled, upcycled, and
constructed in a way that it can all be reused again.
Regards
Andrew
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