Adaptive building skins with micro- and room-climatic functionality (C01)

• Subject Area: Lightweight Construction, Textile Technology ; Materials in Sintering Processes and Generative Manufacturing Processes
• Term: since 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 279064222

In lieu of the increasing climatic stresses on urban structures in terms of extreme heat and precipitation, C01 investigates the potentials of lightweight, adaptive building skins to improve climate resilience and climate regulation for interior and exterior applications, thus addressing one of the focal points of the second funding period. The expertise of IFB in the field of lightweight, kinematically adaptive folding structures will be combined with the design and construction competences of ILEK for the conception of adaptive, textile and foil-based facade systems. The goals are the development of an innovative multifunctional adaptive facade, whose micro- and room climatic performance will radically revolutionize the functionality of building facades, and prototype demonstration on one floor of the demonstrator highrise.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1244: Adaptive Hüllen und Strukturen für die gebaute Umwelt von morgen
• Applicant Institution: Universität Stuttgart
• Project Head: Dr.-Ing. Walter Haase