1st Edition
Smart Materials and Technologies For the Architecture and Design Professions
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Today, architects and designers are beginning to look toward developments in new "smart" or "intelligent" materials and technologies for solutions to long-standing problems in building design. However, these new materials have so far been applied in a diverse but largely idiosyncratic nature, because relatively few architects have access to information about the types or properties of these new... Read more
Chapter 1: Materials in Architecture and design
Chapter 2: Fundamental Characterization of Materials
Chapter 3: Energy Phenomena and environments
Chapter 4: Types and Characteristics of Smart Materials
Chapter 5: Elements and Control Systems
Chapter 6: Smart Products
Chapter 7: Smart Components, Assemblies and Systems in Architecture
Chapter 8: Smart Environments
Chapter 9: Revisiting the Design Context
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Chapter 2: Fundamental Characterization of Materials
Chapter 3: Energy Phenomena and environments
Chapter 4: Types and Characteristics of Smart Materials
Chapter 5: Elements and Control Systems
Chapter 6: Smart Products
Chapter 7: Smart Components, Assemblies and Systems in Architecture
Chapter 8: Smart Environments
Chapter 9: Revisiting the Design Context
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Biography
Michelle Addington is the Hines Professor of Sustainable Architectural Design at Yale University.
Daniel L. Schodek is the Kumagai Research Professor of Architectural Technology at the Harvard Design School, where he taught from 1969 until 2008.
“[S]eeks to give architects and designers a better understanding of some of the breathtaking new technologies becoming available so that they can be applied to the best advantage. Addington and Schodek...want to make sure that these technologies are designed into buildings in a thoughtful way. Indeed, they spent 10 years researching and writing the book. The presentation is tailored to design professionals and includes equations and a fair amount of technical detail, but the authors don't get so far into the nitty-gritty as to go beyond what designers need to know. Smart Materials and Technologies fills a void in the literature and may help a great many designers and architects develop buildings that are more useful to an even greater number of occupants.” - Civil Engineering
“This book, while offering a primer for understanding of materials, focusing particularly on contemporary materials, also promotes a revision of our thinking as design professionals.” - Journal of Architectural Education
