Weather-sensitive architectural skins integrate form with function
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 12:35
in Physics & Chemistry
Buildings typically provide shelter from the elements, but one Ryerson University researcher thinks structures ought to relate more to the environment instead. To this end, she has created architectural "skins," which interact with the weather to ultimately create environmental structures that integrate form with function.
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