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Kinetic Thin Glass Building Envelope
Kinetic Thin Glass Building Envelope

Kinetic Thin Glass Building Envelope

Kinetic building envelopes might be employed to support building operation in a wider spectrum of weather conditions. Traditionally, in such envelopes, extensive supplemental mechanisation is applied to move discrete components. This affects the aesthetics, maintainability and durability of envelopes. This submission presents a prototype of dynamic thin glass, that is actuated along the edge, and by twisting glass strips, explores new kinetic tectonics. A process of thinking through prototyping allows the maker and those examining the work to develop new ideas about transparent kinetic systems, and their role in future facades.

Contributors

H.M. Mulder

SDU University of Southern Denmark
Denmark

Presented at ICSA2022, Aalborg University. Critical Practices 2022 booklet (PDF)

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