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Adaptive Building Initiative: Exploring the Future of Interactive and Reactive Building Systems
Founded in 2008, the Adaptive Building Initiative (ABI) is a joint venture between Buro Happold and Hoberman Associates that focuses on creating building systems that react–façades that move based on real-time changes in sunlight, for example–to the surrounding environment. Matthew Herman of Buro Happold and ABI present these new strategies for smart building systems.
1.0 LUs (Credits Pending)
Learning Objectives:- Discuss the concepts and implementation of adaptive building design.
- Use new technologies to develop smart sustainable buildings that can react to an environment to increase standard reductions in energy usage.
- Discuss the digital and physical prototyping of new systems and technologies being implemented.
- Discuss the role of the architect in system development, research and development, and implementation, as well as how the architect interacts with other members of the building team during the process of designing adaptive buildings.
Speaker: Matthew Herman, Adaptive Building Initiative/Buro Happold
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Materials Innovation: At the Forefront of Building Product Science
Blaine Brownell—author of the popular Transmaterial book series, head of the design and research firm Transstudio, and assistant professor at the College of Design at the University of Minnesota School of Architecture—discusses the cutting edge of building materials science, innovative products such as blast-resistant fabric and soy-based polyurethane forms.
Speaker: Blaine Brownell, Principal Transstudio
Case Study: Thomas Phifer and Partners on Developing an Envelope System for the North Carolina Museum of Art
Architect Thomas Phifer highlights the cumulative body of research from his New York-based practice, and shows how lessons learned on previous projects informed the process for his innovative daylighting and envelope system in the recently completed North Carolina Museum of Art expansion.
Speaker: Thomas Phifer, Partner, Thomas Phifer and Partners
Innovative R+D Practice Spotlight: Center for Architecture, Sustainability, and Ecology (CASE), New York
Director Nicholas Holt describes CASE, a research collaboration between the New York office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Highlighted projects include the Active Phytoremediation Wall System (a winner in the Third Annual R+D Awards), which is being integrated into PSAC II, an emergency response center in New York.
Speaker: Nicholas Holt, Director, Technical Group, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Innovative R+D Practice Spotlight: Kennedy & Violich Architecture
Founding principal Sheila Kennedy discusses the work of her Boston-based firm, including architecture and the work of MATx, an in-house materials research division. Highlights include discussions of KVA’s intelligent infrastructure projects, including Portable Light and the Soft House.
Speaker: Sheila Kennedy, Principal, Kennedy & Violich Architecture Ltd. (KVA)
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