Urban Plant
2019 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism - "E-Lab" Transformable Space Workshop | 2019 | Shenzhen, Guangdong
Taking the interactive architectural workshop design as a prototype, we aim to deepen the exploration. In the era of information, how should new architecture evolve, and how can information technology, automation, and intelligent technologies better integrate with traditional architecture? In the workshop, we attempt to break the rigidity of space, exploring how architecture can organically interact with human behavior and the surrounding environment in dynamic spaces.
Using Grasshopper and Arduino circuit boards with programming languages, and employing laminated wood panels as materials, we engage in a 1:1 interactive spatial creation. This allows the space to provide feedback based on human behavior. (The image upside shows a model photo.) This design prototype aims to investigate how architecture can respond to dynamic environments, utilizing new technologies to provide feedback on environmental changes.
Process Test 01
Process Test 01
The installation uses Arduino as the control core. Arduino adjusts the current output based on changes in light intensity received by sensors. The current passes through shape memory alloy (SMA), which generates a thermal effect causing the SMA to contract. This controls the cross-sectional light-receiving area. When the power is turned off, the shape memory alloy (SMA) cools and returns to its original position.
The logic involves establishing a coordinate system with the centroid of the triangular prototype as the origin.The feedback of the quadrilateral area between the longer sides of the upper and lower triangular planes is then output to the Arduino.controls the cross-sectional light-receiving area.