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ADAPTEX Project

Physical and Digital Prototyping of Smart Textile Sun Shading

The research project ADAPTEX investigates the potential of using the smart material Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) for an adaptive sun shading textile for architecture. By incorporating SMA as an actuator into a textile structure, the permeability of the surface adapts in response to temperature, adjusting parameters like light transmission and reflection. In high solar radiation, the system adapts and blocks incoming sunlight to regulate solar heat gain. In low solar radiation the surface remains open to provide natural light and view. The system is currently being tested as a full-scale façade module outdoors at the German University of Technology in Muscat, Oman.

AUGUST 2022​

Adaptex team realised two adaptive façades – with a size of 1.2 by 7.5 metres – at the EcoHouse of the German University of Technology in Oman. Prof. Ercan Agirbas, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture reported that “this research project explores textile adaptative solar shading elements that can open and close autonomously in response to the changing temperature”. ​

 

Partners


Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin (KHB), Carl Stahl ARC GmbH, Verseidag-Indutex GmbH, i-Mesh |,  Priedemann Fassadenberatung GmbH. 

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