Rapid advances in digital fabrication technologies and new materials development allow for
direct control and programmability of physical material transformations. By utilizing …

Today material is the driving force in architectural design processes run by Computational
Design (CD). The architect may lead the design process and its outputs by analysing …

The HygroSkin–Meteorosensitive Pavilion project was commissioned by the FRAC Centre in
Orleans, France, for its renowned permanent collection, and was first shown in the ArchiLab …

In this second edition of Material Strategies in Digital Fabrication are new case studies,
improved wayfinding, the inclusion of composites and plastics, and references to similar …

The paper presents new developments into autonomously responsive architectural systems
that adapt to environmental changes using hygroscopic material properties. The presented …

This work addresses the basic principles, synthesis/fabrication and applications of smart
materials, specifically shape memory materials Based on origin, the mechanisms of …

Abstract Space exploration focuses on new technologies to search the unknown. It has been
used to investigate possibilities for the creation of human colonies in extraterrestrial …

In view of the energy crisis all over the world, in all types of energy suchas the gas and
electricity crisis, the call for the use of renewable energy appearedon the basis that it was …

Abstract Architecture has a profound impact on the use of resources. For example, in 2014,
the building sector alone was responsible for half of Europe's energy and material …

Buildings as we know them are made of materials arranged and shaped into spatial
compositions in relation to architectural, structural, sociocultural and, increasingly …