1st Edition
Designing Kinetics for Architectural Facades State Change
By Jules Moloney
Copyright 2011
192 Pages
70 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
70 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
70 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Architectural facades now have the potential to be literally kinetic, through automated sunscreens and a range of animated surfaces. This book explores the aesthetic potential of these new types of moving facades.
Critique of theory and practice in architecture is combined here with ideas from kinetic art of the 1960’s. From this background the basic principles of kinetics are defined and are... Read more
Part 1 1. Movement at the Periphery of Architecture 2. Kinetic Precedent 3. Systems, Fields and Reflexivity 4. Kinetic Art Part 2 5. Decision Planes 6. Experiments with Kinetic Pattern 7. All at Sea: A Provisional Taxonomy 8. State Change
Biography
Jules Moloney is Associate Professor in Interdisciplinary Digital Design at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His research, creative practice and teaching span the fields of architecture, kinetic art and virtual environments.
