KINETIC ARCHITECTURE IN SUSTAINABLE MEANS
Kinetic Design Key Elements:
Structural Innovation & Materials Advancement: Structural Systems: The building was constructed in frame construction, a frame construction consisting of a linear structural skeleton of squared timber and an outer cladding stabilizing the support frame is formed.
Used Materials: Plywood, wood, aluminum, glass and silk screen printing.
Embedded Computation / Control Mechanism: All moving parts of the GucklHupf are being controlled through an automated system that is comprised of automatic devices and retracing panels. This system is connected to the structure through dowels, flaps and stainless steel cables. Adaptive Architecture: The GucklHupf is a multi-purpose private property that creates an experimental living environment. The building is being used all year long, while its uses vary from being a lake house to a performances stage and storage. Indoor Environment Quality: When inside the structure, the user has the ability to edit and frame views of the surrounding landscape. The user has a control over their relationship with the surrounding landscape, while hiding within the protection of the small, contorting structure. Building Visual Quality: The Guklhupf guides the eyes and the movements of its inhabitants as everyone is free to choose a visual sequence and the number of openings, generating an intimate or visually permeable space. Externally, the facade re- creates the interior losing its role of wrapping skin. The structure creates a continuous relationship with its surrounding landscape as well as its users. The GucklHupf is in harmony with its surrounding even when not in use and close. The structure when closed looks like a large wooden box that was erected in the landscape. But once one begins to open the many wooden panels that can rotate in different directions, pull, tilt and fold: There are ramps, doors, windows, terraces and hatches
PRAGYA BHARATI (2014-2019)
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