Modularity and adaptive architecture – A strategy for managing complex envelope systems
In the face of global climate change, the built environment is experiencing an increasing demand for energy to maintain indoor comfort conditions. Inspired by systemic thinking and biomimicry, adaptive architecture can give rise to complex building organisms that dynamically respond to environmenta...
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In the face of global climate change, the built environment is experiencing an increasing demand for energy to maintain indoor comfort conditions. Inspired by systemic thinking and biomimicry, adaptive architecture can give rise to complex building organisms that dynamically respond to environmental stimuli by modulating the physicality of their envelope, thereby reducing energy consumption for climate control. Illustrating a representative framework of projects and research highlights the role of modularity in adaptive architecture in terms of operational principles, control modes, response mechanisms, functional complexity, and structural complexity. This contribution underscores the centrality of modularity as a strategy to address the multidimensional complexity of technological systems for adaptive envelopes.
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Received: 08/09/2023; Revised: 14/10/2023; Accepted: 26/10/2023
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| spelling | doaj-art-9ef88ee8232941ac8766d070885aa7a92025-02-03T10:34:55ZengLetteraVentidue SrlAgathón2464-93092532-683X2023-12-011410.19229/2464-9309/14112023Modularity and adaptive architecture – A strategy for managing complex envelope systemsValentino Manni0Luca Saverio Valzano1Polytechnic University of Turin (Italy)Polytechnic University of Turin (Italy) In the face of global climate change, the built environment is experiencing an increasing demand for energy to maintain indoor comfort conditions. Inspired by systemic thinking and biomimicry, adaptive architecture can give rise to complex building organisms that dynamically respond to environmental stimuli by modulating the physicality of their envelope, thereby reducing energy consumption for climate control. Illustrating a representative framework of projects and research highlights the role of modularity in adaptive architecture in terms of operational principles, control modes, response mechanisms, functional complexity, and structural complexity. This contribution underscores the centrality of modularity as a strategy to address the multidimensional complexity of technological systems for adaptive envelopes. Article info Received: 08/09/2023; Revised: 14/10/2023; Accepted: 26/10/2023 http://www.agathon.it/agathon/article/view/378adaptive architectureadaptive building envelopecomplexitymodularitytessellations |
| spellingShingle | Valentino Manni Luca Saverio Valzano Modularity and adaptive architecture – A strategy for managing complex envelope systems Agathón adaptive architecture adaptive building envelope complexity modularity tessellations |
| title | Modularity and adaptive architecture – A strategy for managing complex envelope systems |
| title_full | Modularity and adaptive architecture – A strategy for managing complex envelope systems |
| title_fullStr | Modularity and adaptive architecture – A strategy for managing complex envelope systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modularity and adaptive architecture – A strategy for managing complex envelope systems |
| title_short | Modularity and adaptive architecture – A strategy for managing complex envelope systems |
| title_sort | modularity and adaptive architecture a strategy for managing complex envelope systems |
| topic | adaptive architecture adaptive building envelope complexity modularity tessellations |
| url | http://www.agathon.it/agathon/article/view/378 |
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