Dynamic Façades in the Contemporary Man-made Environment

Dynamic Façades in the Contemporary Man-made Environment

article by Alessandro Premier – 2015

Dynamic Façades in the Contemporary Man-made Environment – From Tradition to innovation

Contemporary architecture should focus on the ability to react, adapt, and change rapidly according to the environment or profiles (Oosterhuis, 2003). This flexibility/adaptability has materialised in recent times in various ways. Today the façade is the place where we most often experience the concept of adaptability. Within this framework, the façade returns to communicate through smart technologies and adaptive systems, mainly thanks to dynamic devices. We often deal with dynamic or kinetic façades. This paper aims to examine the relationships that contemporary dynamic façades shall determine with the context and with the users through three survey instruments: the shape of the dynamic elements, the pattern, and the colour of the façade. The investigation will be made with reference to examples of recent buildings and architectural projects.