Intelligent SkinsLooking to the future, Intelligent Skins sets out the principles for the design of the intelligent building envelope. It highlights an exciting new approach to the area, where the fabric of the building responds to external changes and internal demands. The prime objective is to control internal environments through a responsive building fabric rather than by energy consuming building services systems. The authors examine the potential for integral intelligence within the fabric of the building and explore the evolution of information technology and smart materials which have allowed a whole new category of design principles to be created. |
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
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Chapter 2 The environmental context and the design imperative
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metaphors and models
| 17 |
the deepening metaphor
| 27 |
Chapter 5 Method
| 36 |
Chapter 6 Features
| 39 |
Chapter 7 The future
| 43 |
Chapter 8 The case studies
| 45 |
Case study 10 Phoenix Central Library
| 99 |
Case study 11 The Brundtland Centre
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Case study 12 The Green Building
| 109 |
Case study 13 Heliotrop
| 115 |
Case study 14 Villa Vision
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Case study 15 Business Promotion Centre
| 125 |
Case study 16 School of Engineering and Manufacture
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Case study 17 SUVA Insurance Company
| 137 |
Case study 1 GSW Headquarters
| 49 |
Case study 2 Debis Building
| 55 |
Case study 3 Commerzbank Headquarters
| 59 |
Case study 4 Stadttor City Gate
| 65 |
Case study 5 GlaxoWellcome House West
| 71 |
Case study 6 The Environmental Building
| 75 |
Case study 7 Helicon
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Case study 8 Tax Office Extension
| 87 |
Case study 9 Headquarters of Götz
| 93 |
Case study 18 Solar House Freiburg
| 143 |
Case study 19 Design Office for Gartner
| 149 |
Case study 20 TRON Concept Intelligent House
| 155 |
Case study 21 Super Energy Conservation Building
| 159 |
Case study 22 Occidental Chemical Center
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Definitions | 171 |
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