Lux Solaris: A User responsive kinetic Facade

Melwyn Mathew Abraham

BD2008

Taking the reactivity of a sea cucumber as inspiration, the intent is to design a user responsive kinetic facade to replicate the motion sensitivity of the organism itself. The facade itself serves the function of regulating the amount of sunlight inside the building, making the building more energy sustainable.

Report Content

3. Form Exploration of Module

1. Decoding a Sea Cucumber: Selecting a system in nature as inspiration for your design

2. Site Plan and Selection of Layout: Technical drawings of the site given and selecting a layout by generating various iterations in Grasshopper

4. Form Iterations of Module: Parameters set for each iteration, along with the sun path analysis

5. Zoning: Strategical placement of different module iterations in different spaces

6. Kinetic Mechanism

7. Technical Representation

8. Test Prototypes

9. Process of making the final working module of 1:5 scale

10. 3d renders