Excerpt from Introduction Tools, equipment and transportation apparatuses incorporate the principles of flexibility, multi-purpose, adaptation, variation and multi-form in order to fulfill their purpose better. Along these lines, many techniques have been developed and they are all considered quite common today. Architecture was late to adopt such principles. Even when their application was observed, it was at the fringe of the discipline. Through such attempts, though, and the discussion invoked around them, many new issues for architecture emerged, relative to each other but with distinct differences. These issues were formulated around the notions of portability, mobility, ephemeral presence and transformability. The scope of this book is to examine the topic of transformable architecture. Within this framework, the content of the book focuses on the principles and the systems employed for the creation of a transformable structure. Building upon that, the book reviews a list of selected built paradigms, each one addressing a specific principle, and presents an analysis of the factors that affect the decisions involved in the related design process. - Konstantinos Oungrinis, author Table of Contents Introduction History Definition and Spectrum Classification and Connection with the "Relatives" Factors that Affect Transformable Design Case Studies Folding I: Linear Elements. Alcoy Community Hall Folding II: Rigid Surfaces. 'GucklHupf' Mobile Lookout Folding III: Flexible Surfaces. Markies Rolling:Sliding. Fahrt ins Grune Tensile Structures. Carlos Moseley Music Pavilion Nesting. Vinyl Milford House Scissor-Type Mechanisms. Olympic Arch Trans-ergetic. Guyed Mast Pneumatics I. Airtecture Pneumatics II. Muscle Projects From Transformability to Responsiveness Bibliography |
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