The Volume edited by me, entitled Adaptive Materials Research for Architecture, Special Issue of Advanced Materials Research, includes chapters that cover aspects of analyzes of properties, biomimetic materials, smart technologies and results of scientific research in the field of adaptive architecture.Since the past to today, in the world of architecture, it has been possible to witness the appearance of structures able to adapt their form, shape, colour or character, reflecting the environmental and climatic conditions around them.
The Volume Adaptive Materials Research for Architecture, explores strategies in past and current architectural practice.
It emerges the need for a multidisciplinary holistic approach to redevelopment that looks at the environmental and energy objectives with innovative technological solutions aimed at optimizing the bioclimatic behavior both in existing and new buildings with attention for human and environmental well-being.
Furthermore, from a communicative point of view, buildings appear as media tools, because through the use of intelligent materials they become perceptible to a public that is increasingly sensitive to the issues of the contemporary city.
This special Volume on Adaptive Materials Research for Architecture, will be useful for many researchers, architects and engineers involved in the field of theoretical and practical research of adaptive materials for architecture.
From a communicative point of view, thanks to the adaptive materials for architecture, buildings appear as media tools, because through the use of intelligent materials they send signals that can be perceived by the public observing them.
These signals concern, for example, a change in temperature or air humidity. This is how our building changes color, communicating “environmental changes” to an audience that is increasingly attentive and aware of the problems of the contemporary city.
Titles of the chapters (contributions)
Past as Future in Adaptive Buildings: Climatic Adaptation in Ancient Constructions, p.1
The Adaptation of Architecture to the Climate during the Roman Period According to Classical Authors, p.10
The Use of Natural Earth as Concret Slab: The Dome for the Auditorium of Sant Julià de Ramis Fortress (Girona), p.19
Advances in Research for Biomimetic Materials, p.28
The Role of Energy Technologies and Scenarios in the Decarbonisation Process, p.41
Adaptive-Curvature Structures with Auxetic Materials, p.53
Building Optimization: The Adaptive Façade, p.64
Flussbad Berlin Re-Naturalization Project for the Spree River in the Museum Island, p.76
Kinetic Solutions for Responsive and Communicative Building Skin, p.86
Addition Strategy and Multi-Layered Envelopes in Building Adaptation: A Methodological Framework, p.98
