A sustainable facade system, designed by architects Decker & Yeadon, is proposed within certain areas of my building to help regulate internal heat. The system, known as a Homeostatic facade, consists of a mess os silvery squiggles which to continue my human b0dy methaphor, look a lot like pulsating muscle layers or veins. The shape creates open and close in response to heat, effectively regulating temperature inside the building. This was deemed as crucial within by building due to the heat control needed for sports facilities. The most sustainable aspect of this facade system is that no computer control is required with the material itself achiecing the result through its properties. Other benefits include the relevance to my biomimicry exemplar with it appearing as a pulsating muscle layer. It also results in forever changing facade when viewed from the city, therefore strnegthening the movement and identity of the building.
The two images below show this facade treatment.
The image below shows where the facade is applied in the ground floor.
The image below shows the facades application on level 2.
The image bleow shows the resulting placement of the facades on the Sourthern elevation. The location of the facade was chosen for a numebr of reasons. Firstly, the Northern elevation of the building is against the cliff. The western elevation is predominately terraced down to the ground via the green roofs. Therefore the Southern and Eastern facade is the only elevation available for the application of this system. As the Northern side is not available, the only elevation available for sunlight penetration is the Eastern side, therefore the homeostatic facade was applied on the Southern Elevation which will still be effective due to it relying on heat rather than sunlight for it too function.
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