Day 2, Session Block C
08:30 Kinetic Architecture and Dynamic Daylight Control
Chair: Anders Nereim, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Achieving daylight optimization and reducing cooling loads with kinetic façades
- Kinetic shading to reduce cooling loads in the Gulf region
- Designing the kinetic system
- A quick hands-on design process
Jalal Semaan, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Bio-kinetic and power-collecting shading device
- Climate adaptive façade system
- Actuation mechanism
- Biomimicry in combination with solar gain
Andreas Hammer, Mainz University, Germany
Programming and presenting time-based behavior of intelligent kinetic facades
- Variable daylighting and shade control over time
- Time based change actuators
- Visual programming environment integrated into BIM
Anders Nereim, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Performance of automated solar shading with parametric design process
- Parametric modeling and simulation for automated solar shading
- Evaluation of daylight, lighting and cooling energy
- Generating alternative design in early stage
Phetcharin Phongphetkul, Thammasat University, Thailand
Metereosensitive user-controllable skin for dynamic façades
- Shape memory modular dynamic façade
- Sun-responsive architecture for internal adaptive comfort
- Zero-energy self-actuating structure and user controllability
Andrea Pilla, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Evaluation of energy and daylighting performance to inform adaptive shading systems
- Multi-objective optimization of view, glare and solar gains
- Optimal control of 2 degree-of-freedom shades
- Integrating seasonal variability in envelope’s performance requirements
Victor Charpentier, Princeton University, USA
10:00 Coffee Break