Fabrication > Breathing Skin


About

Imagine ventilating a building using skin that helps the building inhale and exhale instead of using traditional fans. That's what this project is about, but taken through exploration of the geometry of bellows, the efficiency of actuators, and the reality of material actualization. 

Related Publications

  • A Breathing Building Skin (2010) [Papers]
  • A Breathing Building Skin: Designing with the Concepts of Biological Adaptation (2010) [MS Theses]

The Team

Scott CrawfordKimo GriggsRob Corser

Last modified: 6/30/2010 by Brian R Johnson