The New Concept of Living Architecture

Online, November 27, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Architecture in the past and present has always been considered static, but recently there is new dimension introduced by Doris Sung. Her biggest question in the architectural school was why can't the architecture accommodate the human .The idea behind her architectural vision is construction that can conform to human nature in a way and hence the new concept of "Living Architecture".

Her new vision is considering a building as human skin. She came up with a master mix of technology and architecture by using thermo bimetals in her designs. It's actually lamination of two different metals. Now metals expand on heating, and as the lamination composed of two alloys, upon heating would cause one metal to expand more than the other and hence causing the curls in structure. These alloys were used as surface material for architecture .

This could help in controlling the amount of air passing through ventilations or for the purpose of automatic shading through heat impact on those metal bodies. These can play a vital role in cooling mechanism for any building and could save dollars in terms of cooling costs. This architectural way needs a lot of computer software application in construction phase to pin point the areas with max sun heat exposure so the structure can be made accordingly to open at those particular areas and act as heat sink.

With the ever increasing demand for energy throughout the globe, this may prove to be the next best solution for mankind and saving costs on energy utilization.

Thanks to an overview of her work at The Creators Project, we now have a simple explanation of how Sung creates these responsive structures. Her walls and windows are based on multi-layer metal "skins" that curl when certain layers react to heat — the brighter the sun shines, the wider the skins open to let colder air through. Special software shapes each panel to maximize the cooling effect, even for very curvy surfaces. Sung's approach hasn't seen much real-world use so far, but she hopes for energy-efficient buildings that need very little air conditioning to remain comfortable.