Phase Change
Materials
Thermally responsive building technology.
The bio_logic design group develops responsive building technology based on observations of plants and animals that have evolved a large variety of reliable and relatively simple mechanisms that adapt to environmental fluctuation.
Year: 2013-14
bio_logic design group
Carnegie Mellon University
Design Team: D. Clifford (Lead),
J. Douenias (Design/Fabrication),
Z. Jacobson-Weaver (Fabrication), A. Lans (Intern).
Client: Bohlin Cywinsky Jackson (PGH)
Sponsored by: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy for the Frick Environmental Center