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Nik Hilton  //  www.design4d.co.uk
Young Architect of the Year Nominee 2009, 2010, 2011
Finalist in the British Homes Awards 2009
Finalist in the Design awards 2009

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Nov 23 / 7:29pm

Kinetic facades

I wrote a few weeks ago about what we could do with the excess power generated by solar power and that maybe buildings would begin to respond dynamically to their environments. Thermal shutters are one idea...

INHABITAT | 23 NOVEMBER 2010
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Kiefer Technic Showroom's "Dancing" Facade

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Oct 26 / 6:23pm

Carbon Nanotubes Could Create Buildings That Move

On our Creekside Arcade project we proposed solar controlled thermal shutters. With yet another example of nanotechnology and carbon nanotubes it might be possible to achieve this without using mechanical motors!

Inhabitat | 1 JANUARY 1970
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Decker Yeadon is researching how carbon nanotubes might create building materials that move without motors.

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Oct 15 / 8:32pm

Rotating wooden house

Nature is dynamic, responding to changing conditions whether it be a flower opening and closing its petals or a tree growing in a different direction to get better exposure to the sun. If solar panels result in excess energy being produced should buildings have kinetic facades enabling truly site responsive architecture?

GIZMAG EMERGING TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE | 15 OCTOBER 2010
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Cut away of rotating house

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