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Marcelo Coelho and Pattie Maes in collaboration with Steve Helsing
Shutters is a soft kinetic membrane for environmental control and communication. It is composed of actuated louvers (or shutters) that can be individually addressed for precise control of ventilation, daylight incidence and information display. By combining smart materials, textiles and computation, Shutters builds upon other façade systems to create living environments and work spaces that are more energy efficient, while being aesthetically pleasing and considerate of its inhabitants’ activities.
This project is currently starting.
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Publications
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Programming the Material World: A Proposition for the Application and Design of Transitive Materials
Marcelo Coelho (2007).
In the 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp 2007). Innsbruck, Austria. September 2007. -
Shutters: A Permeable Surface for Environmental Control and Communication
Marcelo Coelho and Pattie Maes (2009).
In the Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI'09). Cambridge, UK. February 2009.