Workshop:
Transformable Building Envelopes

Department of Architecture,
University of Cyprus

29 – 31 July 2019

The Workshop

The workshop Transformable Building Envelopes refers to the investigation and development of reconfigurable envelope structures, capable to change their shape according to external and internal building conditions and act as architectural technological envelope filters. The workshop participants will collaborate in small interdisciplinary groups, experiment, visualize, fabricate and research at individual stages of prototypes development process within interdisciplinary performance-based environments.

The proposals will be developed through physical modelling, digital simulation, numerical analysis and automated fabrication, aiming at achieving optimization in individual or multiple directions, addressing among other, lightweight, efficiency and adaptive features with enhanced sustainability. Along these lines, a number of multi-variables will be developed, whereas geometrical, functional, structural or environment-specific conditions will enable respective contextual applications.

The Speakers

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in the Workshop:

Dr. Marios C. Phocas

Dr. Marios C. Phocas

Associate Professor, UCY, Cyprus
Dr. Maria Matheou

Dr. Maria Matheou

Research Associate, UCY, Cyprus
Agnes Couvelas

Agnes Couvelas

Architect, Couvelas, Kouvelas Architects, Greece

Workshop Program

Transformable Building Envelopes

Monday, 29 July 2019

10:00 – 10:40 / Motion and Interaction. Architectural envelope systems.

10:40 – 11:00 / Architectural design optimization. Examples of our projects

11:00 – 11:30 / Introduction of “Transformable Building Envelopes” Workshop

11:30 – 13:00 / Presentation of Working Model, DIVA, Archsim softwares

13:00 – 14:00 / Lunch

14:00 – 19:00 / Investigation of transformable systems and mechanisms

Tuesday, 30 July 2019

09:00 – 11:30 / Preliminary design of the proposed transformable building envelope

11:30 – 13:00 / Group presentations

13:00 – 14:00 / Lunch

14:00 – 19:00 / Design and analysis of the prototype through physical models, geometry and motion analysis and daylight performance

Wednesday, 31 July 2019

09:00 – 13:00 / Design and analysis of the prototype through physical models, geometry and motion analysis and daylight performance

13:00 – 14:00 / Lunch

14:00 – 16:30 / Design and analysis of the prototype through physical models, geometry and motion analysis and daylight performance

16:30 – 18:30 / Final Presentations

18:30 – 19:00 / General Discussion and Conclusions

Gallery

See moments from
the Workshop:

According to UNEP, the building sector is estimated to be worth 10% of the global GDP and employs 111 million people. In addition, buildings use about 40% of global energy, 40% of global resources and emit approximately 33% of global GHG emissions.

Finally, the fact that people today spend, on average, more than 80% of their time indoors, enhances its social importance. All above indicate the necessity to optimize building design.

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