Outputs (14)

Towards solar facades as participatory public art: An introduction (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The presentation was given at the start of co-design workshops with Bristol professionals involved in building design and residents. It introduced the project the events were part of and solar facades research. The events aimed to engage the public i... Read More about Towards solar facades as participatory public art: An introduction.

Photovoltaics potential for façade renovations (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As urgent action is needed to tackle the climate crisis by lowering greenhouse gas emissions, façade renovations can improve the performance and reduce the environmental impact of the existing building stock. Integrating photovoltaics into the envelo... Read More about Photovoltaics potential for façade renovations.

Potential strategies for enhancing solar architectural skins (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As the climate crisis requires lowering carbon emissions on multiple fronts, building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs) can reduce buildings’ reliance on energy from fossil fuels by supplying them with electricity generated from a renewable source. In... Read More about Potential strategies for enhancing solar architectural skins.

Design lessons from plants for adaptive solar skins (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Several systems have been developed to enhance buildings’ environmental performance towards reducing their operational energy demand. However, there is still potential for improving methods for responsively controlling daylight and solar gain while f... Read More about Design lessons from plants for adaptive solar skins.

Facilitating ambient intelligence of acoustic atmospheres (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

“There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot. ” – John Cage, ‘Silence’ The project intends to understand how sounds alter people’... Read More about Facilitating ambient intelligence of acoustic atmospheres.

Design strategies for visually engaging solar skins: Between dynamic displays and energy generation (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The human experience of urban spaces is influenced by the physical characteristics of the settings. Architectural skins play an important role in people’s perception of cities, while also impacting the energy performance of buildings. Within the cont... Read More about Design strategies for visually engaging solar skins: Between dynamic displays and energy generation.

Solar shimmer (2018)
Exhibition / Performance

Teaching and Learning about Solar Power through the Built Environment (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The built environment we experience shapes us, as perceptions become memories and facilitate learning. Urban skins can be powerful media which have been used to convey meanings and educate people since ancient times. Nowadays, they are a form of art... Read More about Teaching and Learning about Solar Power through the Built Environment.

Solar Shimmer (2017)
Physical Artefact

Inspired by motifs recurring in Bedouin textiles, Solar Shimmer is a kinetic screen that displays a vibrant, geometric pattern created with solar energy and discarded plastics. The physical ‘pixels’ forming the pattern consist of colourful solar-powe... Read More about Solar Shimmer.

Energy friendly communicative skins for the city (2013)
Journal Article