Practical Applications of Rigid thick Origami in Kinetic Architecture

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF RIGID THICK ORIGAMI IN KINETIC ARCHITECTURE A DARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT MĀNOA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTORATE OF ARCHITECTURE DECEMBER 2015 By Scott Macri

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“Kenetura: Kine Tower This tower starts as a smooth rectilinear shape. It will interact with sunlight and the user activates controls to pull up a “material that is rigid when taut but flexible enough to bend.” This then pulls up stripes that allow sunlight to enter but the differing lengths create a very dynamic shape.”