going SOFTMIT Europe Conference 2011Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

Sheila Kennedy, AIAPrincipal: KVA MATxwww. kvarch.net

MIT Professor of the Practice of Architecturesheilak@mit.edu

AGENDA

1.Smart walls, floors, ceilings

2.Urban Ecological Networks

3. Flat-to-Form Manufacturing

4. Energy Futures

Soft materialsSoft energy pathSoftwareSoft policy

 MOTION CAPTURE LABSUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Engineering

Smart glass wall10 meter length, permanent installationAddressable LED systemMotion sensing real time video feed

Avatar – Director James Cameron , 2010   ‘performance capture’ CGI

EW Flex SLX – 2000 nodes specified  for MoHon Capture  project

CONVIA SMART BUILDING SYSTEMHerman Miller, Inc.www.convia.com

Smart ceiling /communications networkLED integrated lightingLow carbon, flat-to-form manufacturingLEED accredited, new construction & renovation

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OCEAN In(SIGHT)Yeosu City, South Korea2012 International Exhibition: Ocean Presence

Adaptive reuse proposalMunicipal ocean water treatment facilityHotel, viewing platform and water caféArgo ocean drift buoy networkSmart LED cladding

Argo float buoy network animation: NASA

NYC EAST 34th STREET FERRY TERMINALThe City of New YorkNYC Department of Transportation (NYCDOT)

Multimodal urban sustainable transportationDistributed heat on-demand building servicesEnergy efficient LED lightingPre-fabricated tensile roof systemSmart solar PV bollards

MIT SOFT ROCKERCommissioned by MIT 150th

Manufacturer pending

Mass customizable digital wood bendingNo mold making investmentDigitally kerfed fabrication on Kuka 15 robotHuman powered 1.5 axis solar trackerPV integrated next gen CIGs thin filmUSB electronics charging station

Kazam, 1941

Zip Shape Vacuum forming  – developed by Christoph SCHINDLER

THE PORTABLE LIGHT PROJECTGlobal initiative for portable light and power

Adaptable LED integrated solar textile kitGlobal/local flat-to-form manufacturingAffordable 2 watt flexible thin film moduleUSB 2.0 power output

A GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR CLEAN ENERGY & LIGHT

PORTABLE LIGHT PROJECTwww.portablelight.org

SOFT HOUSEKVA MATx Project

‘Plug-and-Play’ domestic solar solutionEnergy harvesting curtainsLow voltage DC track distributionCharges household electronicsProvides solid state lighting

SOFT HOUSEEnergy Harvesting Textiles

Residential Energy UseSource: L. Glicksman, MIT .

Stand Alone

Incremental Density

Urban Density Strategy

Copper Indium Gallium Selenium-based PV (GSE Data / CIGS) : 93W/m2 (9.3% efficiency)Average Solar Radiation on a vertical flat plane, United States: 3.5kWh/m2 per daySource: http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/redbook/atlas/serve.cgi

SOFT CITIES, Porto , PTMITEI Sponsored Seed GrantEDP, FAUP Project Partners

UNESCO World Heritage Casa Burguesa DistrictRooftop retrofit: energy harvesting canopy

1 MW renewable energy contributionCharges electric motor scooterLED Historic Façade Illumination

IBA HAMBURG ROW HOUSESFederal Republic of GermanyPatrizia, GmBH Investors

Responsive Energy Harvesting FaçadeBrettstapel holzbau constructionSmart Building & Energy Monitoring SystemRadiant ground water heat/coolingMovable LED integrated curtains & lighting controlsDC low power distribution system

Solan, AG  next gen building integrated PV

THANK YOU

Sheila Kennedy, AIAPrincipal: KVA MATxwww. kvarch.net

MIT Professor of the Practice of Architecturesheilak@mit.edu