AIRSHADE Prototype Development VideoVideo taken by the Bauhaus University Wiemar explains the development of the award-winning responsive shading system Airshade. The prototype was manufactured by EuroLam GmbH in Wiegendorf, Germany. More about the project.. fourteenwalls - montage of the first prototypefourteenwalls (Concept: Michelle Howard; Prototype Development: Benjamin Grabherr & Nikola Znaor) Montage of the first prototype filmed by ZDF for Aspekte Location: Semper Depot, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria Official project website: fourteenwalls.org Holcim Awards 2014/2015 Moscow, RussiaShort statement on sustainability for the Holcim Foundation: "Nikola Znaor believes that sustainable construction needs to consider ecological, economic and social aspects and also keep in mind user comfort, aesthetics, and adaptability for future use. “Air-Shade: Responsive sustainable shading system, Vienna, Austria” is considered an ingenious approach to problem solving by the Holcim Awards jury." More about the project.. |
Series of Explorative Devices for a FacadeStudies of materials behaviour that can be used for innovative facade concepts. The devices use salt, alcohol, bi-metals, shape memory alloys, springs, and heat-sensitive materials for their interaction. Heat and coldness actuated without any motors, sensors etc. More about the project... Interview ORF "Dobar dan Hrvati"Interview for the James Dyson Award Austria: Dobar dan Hrvati 02.10.201. In Croatian only. Credits: ORF Burgenland 2016 Exhausted! at the Academy of Fine ArtsExhausted! is an inflatable structure attached to the main grille from which the exhaust air of the air-conditioning system which serves the Audimax of the TU is blown out. More about the project.. |