Performative skins for passive climatic comfort: A parametric design process

Automation in Construction

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-50

  Turrin, Michela ^a   Von Buelow, Peter ^b   Kilian, Axel ^c   Stouffs, Rudi ^a,d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Large roofs; Parametric modeling; Passive solar strategies; Performance oriented design

Indexed keywords

DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; DESIGN PROCESS; LARGE STRUCTURES; PARAMETRIC DESIGN; PARAMETRIC GEOMETRIES; PARAMETRIC MODELING; PARAMETRIC VARIATION; PASSIVE SOLAR; PERFORMANCE BASED; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; ROOF STRUCTURES; SOLAR EXPOSURE;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; ROOFS; SOLAR ENERGY;

DESIGN;

EID: 84857370476     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2011.08.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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