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Zusatztext "[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 Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Today! architects and designers are beginning to look toward developments in new"smart" or "intelligent" materials and technologies for solutions to long-standing problemsin building design. However! these new materials have so far been applied in a diversebut largely idiosyncratic nature! because relatively few architects have access toinformation about the types or properties of these new materials or technologies.Two of the leading experts in this field - Addington and Schodek - have solved thisproblem by incorporating all the relevant information of all the latest technologiesavailable to architects and designers in this one volume. They present materials bydescribing their fundamental characteristics! and go on to identify and suggest howthese same characteristics can be exploited by professionals to achieve their designgoals. Here! the wealth of technical understanding already available in the materialsscience and engineering literature is at last made accessible to a design audience. Zusammenfassung Incorporates the relevant information of technologies available to architects and designers. This book presents materials by describing their fundamental characteristics, and identifies and suggests how these same characteristics can be exploited by professionals to achieve their design goals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Materials in Architecture and design Chapter 2: Fundamental Characterization of Materials Chapter 3: Energy Phenomena and environments Chapter 4: Types and Characteristics of Smart Materials Chapter 5: Elements and Control Systems Chapter 6: Smart Products Chapter 7: Smart Components, Assemblies and Systems in Architecture Chapter 8: Smart Environments Chapter 9: Revisiting the Design Context Bibliography Glossary Index ...
