Trans Structures: Fluid Architecture and Liquid Engineering
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Author(s)Matyas Gutai
PublisherActar
ISBN / ASIN1940291445
ISBN-139781940291444
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Sales Rank577,357
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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Architecture is based upon the misconception that strong is stable, both in sense of energy and structure, as an unchanged state of microclimate would require more material or insulation. Trans-structures are the opposite: building elements with the response-ability to change according to external conditions in order to maintain stability in terms of structure and/or energy. In this type of building, any effect (structural or thermal load) would generate an immediate affect (a response of the structure). Energy and weight would be counteracted and on a total scale, change would not occur. Such buildings are always in transition from one state to another, unlike conventional structures.