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The Geometry of Chuck Hoberman

As the Basis for the Development of Dynamic Experimental Structures

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Computer-Aided Architectural Design Futures. The Next City - New Technologies and the Future of the Built Environment (CAAD Futures 2015)

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Abstract

The cognitive-theoretical foundation referring to teach drawing as a way of thinking, as well as the construction of the environment by means of drawing using transforming geometries and the formal and para-formal computational process, creating unusual geometries through generative design processes and methodologies, can be seen as some of the main possibilities in exploring dynamic experimental structures for an Adaptive Architecture. This article presents the development of a model for articulated facades, inspired by Hoberman’s Tessellates, and his Adaptive Building Initiative (ABI) project to develop facades models that respond in real time to environmental changes. In addition, we describe an experiment based on the retractable structures, inspired by Hoberman’s work and experimentations. Solutions for responsive facades can offer more flexible architectural solutions providing better use of natural light and contributing to saving energy. Using Rhinoceros and the Grasshopper for modeling and test the responsiveness, the parametric model was created to simulate geometric panels of hexagonal grids that would open and close in reaction to translational motion effects, regulating the amount of light that reaches the building.

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    Diego Sangiorgi is a biologist, researcher and is responsible for the project. He says that after 8 years of research and experiments has developed an unprecedented arrangement. He was surprised to see the retractables polyhedrons that are being developed in this doctoral research, considered that this was the key to put in practice your own project. Thus was developed the retractable Cuboctahedron, known as “Vector Equilibrium”. His research is based on Biomimetics observation of nature process, and the use of its standards as a measure in the structures and processes.

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Anaf, M., Nogueira de Camargo Ana Lúcia, H. (2015). The Geometry of Chuck Hoberman. In: Celani, G., Sperling, D., Franco, J. (eds) Computer-Aided Architectural Design Futures. The Next City - New Technologies and the Future of the Built Environment. CAAD Futures 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 527. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47386-3_31

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