Living Architecture Fall 2007 Pratt

+ Input element(s)
 light sensor and/or photovoltaics
+ Processing
 Depending on the amount of light detected by the sensor or the electricity
 generated by the photovoltaics, a certain percentage of the modules in the
 facade will be activated.
+ Output
 Opaque surface in which the dimensions are transformed by flexinol wire.
 This is the module to be repeated along a plane to create a facade condition.
 Together, the modules act in changing the porosity of the facade.
+ Materials to be used
 aluminum, plastic, fiber glass, fabric
+ Size of prototype
 6" - 9" x 6" - 9" x 6" - 9"
+ Site
 any south facing facade
+ Broader issues the project addresses
 the facade porosity in response to the amount of sunlight
+ An answer to the question, "Why responsive kinetic architecture?"
 to better serve the inhabitants of the building

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