Sep 9, 2014 6:30 AM

Gallery: A New Concept for Shape-Shifting Architecture That Responds to Heat

Ece Tankal, Efilena Baseta, Ramin Shambayati
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Three architecture students from Barcelona's Institute for Advanced Architecture came up with a new concept for shape-shifting architecture that responds to heat.
Ece Tankal, Efilena Baseta, Ramin Shambayati
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The project, Translated Geometries, focuses on using shape memory polymers, type of composite material that is able to deform and return to its original state when activated by cues like heat, humidity and light.

Ece Tankal, Efilena Baseta, Ramin Shambayati
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The team created a modular component that expands and contracts based on temperature.
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The hexagonal SMP joints are placed at the intersection of the pattern's peaks and valleys.

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A forward-thinking concept has octocopter drones actuating the movement. They wold act like a mobile scaffolding system, says the team, pulling the structure at specific points into place.
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A prototype of a translated geometry.

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