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Advanced Building Skins
Figure 14: Closed Position Figure 15: Open Position
This project suggests a radical new approach towards using glass. Usually, twisting is avoided, due to
the brittle behavior of glass. The author claims that applying torsion below certain limits will allow to
create openable glass façade systems. This will help reduce mechanical ventilation by allowing natural
ventilation when needed. Through the use of dichroic glass visual color effects can be achieved
through the twisting motion. This project attempts to apply kinetic principles to combine technological
knowhow and aesthetic effects while offering a new experimental approach on glass façade systems.
Figure 16: Simulated Dichroic Effects during Opening Operation
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