@ARTICLE{Boldini2017-pz,
  title     = "{Exploitation of shape memory materials in sun adaptive
               user-controllable building fa\c{c}ades}",
  author    = "Boldini, Alain and Colangelo, M and Pilla, A and Tavanti, M and
               Mariani, S",
  publisher = "TU Delft",
  pages     = "72--73",
  abstract  = "Smart morphing materials are increasingly studied and are also
               expected to soon become economically available for architects and
               engineers, being potentially suitable for a great number of
               applications. In particular, shape memory materials possess the
               unique feature of memorizing shapes that can be continuously
               recovered through the application of external stimuli. This
               research proves the potentialities of an adaptive shading module
               actuated by smart materials, which enable the facade shape to
               change in response to the incoming solar radiation. The final
               goal is to design a building skin that is attuned to climatic
               changes and which creates occupants' awareness of environmental
               variation. In particular, the exploitation of the physical
               properties of shape memory materials would guarantee the internal
               daylight comfort with (almost) zero-energy actuation and reduced
               system complexity; this would be in contrast with kinetic
               envelopes which, in order to preserve interior conditions in
               response to external variations, rely on sensors, motors, and
               computational feedback loops. Inspired by nature and mimicking
               petals' movement dynamics, the proposed facade module has been
               designed starting from a geometrical schematization of flower's
               shape: four triangular petals on a square basis dynamically adapt
               their degree of openness based on the incoming solar radiation.
               The petal-like wings, actuated by strips of a two-way shape
               memory polymer, allow a completely autonomous passive control of
               building interiors' conditions and zero-energy actuation. The
               actuator is located on each petal side directly exposed to solar
               irradiation, triggering the \ldots{}",
  year      =  2017,
  keywords  = "GoogleScholar"
}

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