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Structural elements: 1. Profile 2. Electromotors 3. Vertical bars 4. Threaded rods 5. Shaft bars 6. Cantilever fins 7. Sleeve bearing; gaps are marked in red. Frame views: I. top; II. left; III. front; IV. right.

Structural elements: 1. Profile 2. Electromotors 3. Vertical bars 4. Threaded rods 5. Shaft bars 6. Cantilever fins 7. Sleeve bearing; gaps are marked in red. Frame views: I. top; II. left; III. front; IV. right.

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Figure 7: Structural elements: 1. Profile 2. Electromotors 3. Vertical...
Figure 8: Motion visualization of the façade skin at different hours...
Figure 9: Material area performance. Insolation for different façade...
Performance-driven design of an adaptive sun-tracking building skin
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  • Oct 2021
Considering the alarming ever-increasing temperature differences between urban and rural areas there is an urgent need for more sustainable solutions in the façade construction industry. The aim of this project is to design an adaptive sun-tracking building skin as a solution for urban heat island mitigation and prevention of unwanted solar heat ga...
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... adaptive sun-tracking building skin, as presented in Figure 7, consists of textile elements spanning between rotating fins that reorient its surfaces towards the sun. Placed inside the frame profile (1) the system is actuated by two servomotors (2a, b). ...