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Cloud Seeding Pavilion, Modu
Cloud Seeding Pavilion, Modu
Building Case Studies
The ceiling supports 30,000 balls that move freely with the wind across its surface. This overhead movement allows public events to occur in different areas of the pavilion, connecting its cultural and leisure programs to the invisible forces of weather.
Smart Masonry, Zaarchitects
Smart Masonry, Zaarchitects
Building Case Studies
"The Smart Masonry is a structural design and a construction method, based on traditional masonry techniques. It deploys the digital optimization to minimize dead-weight of the skeleton and the robotic construction technique to assemble complex geometry."
Tesla Solar Roof, Tesla
Tesla Solar Roof, Tesla
Building Case Studies
The roof tiles are actually made of textured glass. From most viewing angles, they look just like ordinary shingles, but they allow light to pass through from above onto a standard flat solar cell. These roofs should far outlast the standard 20-year life cycle common for roofing materials used today and are able to power a strandard home.
Enel Pavilion, Piuarch
Enel Pavilion, Piuarch
Building Case Studies
650 polycarbonate vectors. Polycarbonates used in engineering are strong, tough materials, and some grades are optically transparent
Red Mirror Strips, Wise Architecture
Red Mirror Strips, Wise Architecture
Building Case Studies
The structure of the building follows the image of the strips. Instead of the general H-shape steel columns, numerous thin hollow steel sections support the building. It is like glazing the mullions to maximize building transparency from the interior. The building consists of many layers of materials: from steel, glass, super mirror strips, red transparent polycarbonate strips, and then back to super mirror strips. These layers make the in-between space of the stair passage fluid and blur its boundaries. They challenge the idea that architecture exists as a rigid structure in solid state.