Smart Materials and Technologies: For the Architecture and Design Professions
Author(s): D. Michelle Addington (Author), Daniel Schodek (Author)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 16 Oct. 2004
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 254 pages
ISBN-10: 0750662255
ISBN-13: 9780750662253
Book Description
Today, architects and designers are beginning to look toward developments in new “smart” or “intelligent” materials and technologies for solutions to long-standing problems in building design. However, these new materials have so far been applied in a diverse but largely idiosyncratic nature, because relatively few architects have access to information about the types or properties of these new materials or technologies. Two of the leading experts in this field – Addington and Schodek – have solved this problem by incorporating all the relevant information of all the latest technologies available to architects and designers in this one volume. They present materials by describing their fundamental characteristics, and go on to identify and suggest how these same characteristics can be exploited by professionals to achieve their design goals. Here, the wealth of technical understanding already available in the materials science and engineering literature is at last made accessible to a design audience.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“[S]eeks to give architects and designers a better understanding of some of the breathtaking new technologies becoming available so that they can be applied to the best advantage. Addington and Schodek…want to make sure that these technologies are designed into buildings in a thoughtful way. Indeed, they spent 10 years researching and writing the book. The presentation is tailored to design professionals and includes equations and a fair amount of technical detail, but the authors don’t get so far into the nitty-gritty as to go beyond what designers need to know. Smart Materials and Technologies fills a void in the literature and may help a great many designers and architects develop buildings that are more useful to an even greater number of occupants.” – Civil Engineering “This book, while offering a primer for understanding of materials, focusing particularly on contemporary materials, also promotes a revision of our thinking as design professionals.” – Journal of Architectural Education
From the Back Cover
Today, architects and designers are beginning to look toward developments in new “smart” or “intelligent” materials and technologies for solutions to long-standing problems in building design. However, these new materials have so far been applied in a diverse but largely idiosyncratic nature, because relatively few architects have access to information about the types or properties of these new materials or technologies. Two of the leading experts in this field – Addington and Schodek – have solved this problem by incorporating all the relevant information of all the latest technologies available to architects and designers in this one volume. They present materials by describing their fundamental characteristics, and go on to identify and suggest how these same characteristics can be exploited by professionals to achieve their design goals. Here, the wealth of technical understanding already available in the materials science and engineering literature is at last made accessible to a design audience. This book incorporates materials from relatively simple but exciting examples that exhibit single property changes (e.g., thermochromic paints, dyes or films) through to smart materials with control systems that can be designed to respond to multi-modal design demands. Tried and tested case studies are analyzed and discussed, as are potential applications that stimulate the interest of the creative designer. This is essential reading for any designer looking to exploit the full potential of the very latest technologies and materials in their work.
About the Author
Michelle Addington is the Hines Professor of Sustainable Architectural Design at Yale University.
Daniel L. Schodek is the Kumagai Research Professor of Architectural Technology at the Harvard Design School, where he taught from 1969 until 2008.
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