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This Prototype Building Changes Shape in the Heat

Posted September 10, 2014 11:38 AM

From Gizmodo:

Imagine a building that expands to provide a more airy space in the warmth but contracts to reduce heating bills when it gets cold. Well, that's almost what this prototype, called, Translated Geometries, is designed to do.

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Re: This Prototype Building Changes Shape in the Heat

09/10/2014 11:45 AM

Would that by any chance be anything like this:

http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/25240/A-New-Concept-for-Shape-Shifting-Architecture-That-Responds-to-Heat

(Posted yesterday)?

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09/11/2014 12:55 PM

We think this very important apparently

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