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A sustainable interactive wall, anyone?

1027

Can anyone suggest a building that has an interactive facade, meaning one that perfoms many different functions, such as dealing with solar, thermal, and water conservation issues?

Does this wall actually exist?

 
Aug 11, 11 12:50 pm
Rusty!

solar=thermal, no? neither being very interactive. Unless you're Hellen Keller. 

As far as water conservation, water tends to fall vertically, mostly onto roofs. There are curtain walls that have water conservation components, but as a gimmick at best. 

Aug 11, 11 1:02 pm  · 
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Rusty!

Or maybe I misunderstood the question... Having an operable window with operable shutters can be described as "interactive". I guess.

Now 50% more interactive!

Aug 11, 11 1:07 pm  · 
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1027

A window that opens? Wow! that actually looks more like a burglar. I guess I meant interactive in terms of the climate, such as a triple insulated glass wall vs. a double ins. glass wall.

Aug 11, 11 1:11 pm  · 
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Rusty!

what an interactive wall may look like:

Aug 11, 11 1:17 pm  · 
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1027

That's not very interactive since they are just stick ons.

Aug 11, 11 1:27 pm  · 
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Rusty!

Oh crap. You are right. They looked real to me on first look.

Here. You pee on a wall and it turns red! Interactive!

Aug 11, 11 1:46 pm  · 
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1027

But is that sustainable?

 

Aug 11, 11 1:47 pm  · 
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Rusty!

Holding it in forever is NOT sustainable.

Aug 11, 11 1:58 pm  · 
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phld21

Hassan Fathy advocated for mud brick as a sustainable amaterial with ideal thermal qualities for the desert.  

 

Aug 11, 11 2:04 pm  · 
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phld21

Throw some of these things in there and you are good to go:

http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/products/interactive-living-light-structure-maps-air-quality-in-seoul/

Aug 11, 11 2:05 pm  · 
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1027

What the Hell??

 

Aug 11, 11 2:17 pm  · 
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I've heard of this thing called phase-change insulation, which apparently is wonderful, but I don't know anything more about it than the Google could tell you.

Aug 11, 11 3:09 pm  · 
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jmanganelli

super cilia skin, especially from minute 1:35, the vision of how it might be used on a facade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKz0wvT68BM

Aug 11, 11 3:56 pm  · 
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1027

jmanganelli,

Thank you! finally a decent post on this topic!

 

Aug 11, 11 3:59 pm  · 
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Rusty!

"Thank you! finally a decent post on this topic!"

You're welcome!

I wonder how super cilia skin would interact with urine.

Aug 11, 11 4:08 pm  · 
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jmanganelli

you're welcome.  btw, phld21's is a good one, too. 

Aug 11, 11 4:09 pm  · 
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go do it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvkNdlKVP2Y&feature=related

Aug 11, 11 6:25 pm  · 
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