Using responsive thermobimetals that breathe to heat or cool a building, doris sung is making architecture more lifelike and environmentally friendly. Doris kim sung women in technology visionary women. She was a biology major before she studied architecture. Doris kim sung works with thermobimetals, smart materials that act more like human skin, dynamically and responsively, and can shade a room from sun and selfventilate. She has been experimenting with thermobimetals, which are two layers of metal that expand and contract in response to temperature at different rates, to essentially create metal that breathes. By laminating two metal alloys with different coefficients of expansion together, the result is a thermobimetal that curls when heated and flattens when cooled. Below, browse our playlist of popular ted videos by miller and other princeton alumni. Morton bast i was one of those kids that, every time i got in the car, i basically had to roll down the window. Strategies for ideal indoor environments toward lowzero carbon buildings through a biomimetic approach article pdf available in international journal of ambient energy. By laminating two different metal alloys with different coef. Biologistturnedarchitect doris kim sung makes buildings breathe. In her work, doris interprets architecture as an extension of the body and explores how buildings can passively. Prototyping a selfventilating building skin with smart. During my art residency in bellagio, italy, i had the privilege of interviewing usc architecture professor and princeton alumna doris kim sung.
Susan cain 89 is the author of the bestseller quiet. Doris kim sung shares her thermal biometals in this solveforx talk, showing the ways that a breathing shifting metal can help heat, cool and shade a space. Your breathable thermal bi metals where do you want to take these next. Bloom installation made with 14000 thermobimetal pieces. Buildings that breathe doris sungs living architecture. Pdf strategies for ideal indoor environments toward low. Brandon shigeta to build a smarter building, you could start with making better sensors. Doris kim sung to demonstrate her breathing metals concept anderson, 2012. Different kinds of metal that have two different coefficient of expansion which when. Doris kim sung challenging the traditional presumption that.
Doris kim sung shares her thermal biometals in this solveforx talk, showing the ways that a breathing shifting metal can help heat, cool and shade a s. Doris kim sung, dosu studio architecture, university of southern california, while doris is very much an artist, her education began with the study of biology and her process is based on her understanding of the biological world, such as the ways termite mounds accommodate themselves to thermal changes. The power of introverts in a world that cant stop talking. Thermobimetals have been used since the beginning of the industrial. Doris kim sung was a biology major who switched into architecture, and her combination of the two interests has now led her, as an assistant professor at usc, to experimenting with building systems inspired by everything from human skin to grasshoppers breathing systems. How modern buildings with floortoceiling windows give spectacular views, but they require a lot of energy to cool.
Or you could take a cue from biologistturnedarchitect doris kim sung and invent building materials that react to the environment on. Watch doris kim sung s ted talk, metal that breathes. After receiving degrees at princeton and columbia, doris sung practiced architecture in various cities across the u. The second part focuses on the tectonics of thermobimetals as part of an operable, responsive skin. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Doris kim sung works with thermobimetals, smart materials that act more like human. As the temperature rises, this deformation will allow the building skin to breathe much like the pores in human skin. Air conditioning used to be a luxury but as doris kim sung points out in this talk from tedxusc, modernized society has become thoroughly airconditioning reliant. Bimetals are created by laminating two thin sheets of metals that expand at different temperatures, causing the metal to curl when heated. She developed her research focus while teaching at university. This talk, courtesy of ted, looks at energy efficient design. It was usually too hot, too stuffy or just too smelly, and my father would not let us use the air conditioner.
Made out of thousands of pieces of temperaturereactive metal, this experimental canopy explores how existing materials could be used differently to reduce our reliance on mechanical systems of shading and cooling. Doris kim sung works with thermobimetals, smart materials that act more like human skin, dynamically and. Doris kim sung is a biology student turned architect interested in thermobimetals, smart materials that respond dynamically to temperature change. Without the need for manual controls or power, this product can. Architect doris kim sungs metal that breathes core77. Doris kim sung works with thermobimetals, smart materials that act more like human skin, dynamically and responsively, and can shade a. By laminating two different metal alloys with different coefficients of.
Films media group modern buildings with floortoceiling windows give spectacular views, but they require a lot of energy to cool. A skin that needs no control, and no energy whichs a big deal in architecture. This property has proved very useful in surgery and robotics, as well as in architecture. Gedunggedung modern dengan jendela yang menyelimuti ruangan memberi pemandangan yang mengagumkan, namun diperlukan energi yang besar untuk mendinginkannya. Selfventilating buildings, sung believes, have major potential for sustainable architecture. Ted presents doris kim sung, talking about future smart building materials. Doris kim sung works with thermobimetals, smart materials that act more like human skin. But its not long before a similar technique is used in. Skin is the first line of defense for the body, she says. Bloom, a temporary installation by usc architecture professor doris kim sung, isnt technically a facade.
On ted, doris kim sung spoke about metal that breathes. Create your citations, reference lists and bibliographies automatically using the apa, mla, chicago, or harvard referencing styles. By doing so, doris kim sung envisions walls that can shade a. Modern buildings with floortoceiling windows give spectacular views, but they require a lot of energy to cool. An interview with doris kim sung may 14, 2014 much of dosu studio architectures work is with thermalbimetals, a laminated sheet metal material that. She has been investigating the functions of the human skin and comparing that to the functions of a building skin. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. In her ted talk in may of 2012 doris was describing the current problem with building systems which is the amount of energy used to heatcool our. This new project has to do with the architecture of buildings, specifically, with the ventilation and the way that buildings cool themselves. Imagine glass skyscrapers with spectacular views that use less energy to cool because of smart material shades that require no motors or human interaction. He is teaching currently as the wortham fellow at the rice university school of architecture and working on a book about architectural drawing in the age of outsourcing. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Glittering metallic pavilion morphs itself as temperature. This subject entailed us writing a manifesto according to a 21st century ideology. Dedicated desks, like private offices with a nameplate, windows, and a door that closes, are going the way of large workstation. Doris kim sung bekerja dengan bimetal panas, bahan cerdas. Biology student turn architect, doris kim sung has dedicated her studies to the infinite possibilities of thermobimetals, smart materials that.
Philips lighting smart buildings by point 6 design ltd. So doris kim sung came up with a the idea of integrating the usage of the thermobimetal smart material with buildings skin. Doris kim sung is an architecture professor at usc with a background in biology. The traditional work environment is undergoing rapid change. Breathing biometal regulates building temperature a.
Doris kim sung founder of dosu studio architecture. In her highly relatable ted talk, she discusses the emphasis society places on extroversion and. Metal that breathes is one of the latest evolutionary byproducts of the new trend, and is best evidenced by the work of architect doris kim sung of the university of southern california. Breathing life into the layer between man and nature. This materials science lesson teaches that, in certain metals, atoms are able to rearrange themselves like a marching band into specific formations in different states. Biology student turn architect, doris kim sung has dedicated her studies to the infinite possibilities of thermobimetals, smart materials that respond dynamically to temperature change. Can building walls regulate their temperature like human skin. Metal that breathes doris kim sung talks about a new project she is currently working on. A lamination of two metals together with different thermal expansion.
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