The building facade greatly impacts how much heat has to be added or removed in order to retain a comfortable indoor climate. Given that these processes vary throughout the year, the A/S Research Team has developed an adaptive solar facade. The project combines recent developments in architecture, energy technology and robotics. It is the largest object showcasing soft robotics in architecture.
Publications
Z. Nagy, B. Svetozarevic, P. Jayathissa, M. Begle, J. Hofer, G. Lydon, A. Willmann, and A. Schlueter, The Adaptive Solar Facade: From Concept to Prototypes, Frontiers of Architectural Research, in Press, 2016
doi: 10.1016/j.foar.2016.03.002
P. Jayathissa, M. Jansen, N. Heeren, Z. Nagy, and A. Schlueter, Life Cycle Assessment of Dynamic Building Integrated Photovoltaics, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, in Press, 2016
D. Rossi, Z. Nagy, and A. Schlueter, Soft Robotics for Architects, Soft Robotics, 2014, Vol.1, No. 2, pp. 147-153
doi: 10.1089/soro.2014.0006
D. Rossi, Z. Nagy, and A. Schlueter, Adaptive Distributed Robotics for Environmental Performance, Occupant Comfort and Architectural Expression, Int’l. Journal of Architectural Computing, vol.10, No.3, pp. 341-360, September 2012
doi: 10.1260/1478-0771.10.3.341
B. Svetozarevic, Z. Nagy, J. Hofer, D. Jacob, M. Begle, E. Chatzi and A. Schlueter, SoRo-Track: A Two-Axis Soft Robotic Platform for Solar Tracking and Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Applications, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2016, Stockholm, Sweden
P. Jayathissa, Z. Nagy, N. Offeddu, and A. Schlueter, Numerical simulation of energy performance, and construction of the adaptive solar facade., Advanced Building Skins, 2015
J. Hofer, A. Groenewolt, P. Jayathissa, Z. Nagy, and A. Schlueter, Parametric analysis and systems design of dynamic photovoltaic shading modules, EU PVSEC, 2015
B. Svetozarevic, Z. Nagy, D. Rossi, and A. Schlueter, Experimental Characterization of a 2-DOF Soft Robotic Platform for Architectural Applications, Robotics: Science and Systems, Workshop on Advances on Soft Robotics, Berkley, CA, USA, 2014
Z. Nagy, D. Rossi and A. Schlueter, Sustainable architecture and human comfort through adaptive distributed systems, IEEE Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshop (PERCOM), March, 2012, Lugano, Switzerland
doi: 10.1109/PerComW.2012.6197520