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Patterns, A day in the life: How adaptive buildings are making people comfortable
Autumn/Winter 2011
Adaptive Building Initiative’s adaptive shading technologies are designed toward the two-part goal of generating energy savings and improving occupant comfort. To illustrate how ABI’s buildings achieve the latter, Patterns – the magazine of ABI co-founding partner Buro Happold – explores several ABI projects through a series of specific typical-day user narratives.
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Leaf Review, Climate control: intelligent façades
September 2011
Leaf Review profiles Adaptive Building Initiative and other companies paving the way in building façades that respond to changes in their environment.
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ABI installed an adaptive conference room wall within Baltic science museum
The AHHAA Science Centre, located in Tartu, Estonia, hired ABI and Hoberman to create dynamic installations for the centre, the largest of its kiind in the Baltics. ABI installed its Adaptive Fritting system within a glass conference room wall, imbuing the room with push-button privacy control.
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Blueprint Magazine article discusses ABI founder Chuck Hoberman's move into adaptive architecture
March 23, 2011
Gian Luca Amadei
UK architectural magazine Blueprint published an article on ABI principle Chuck Hoberman in their March 2011 issue - timed to coincide with the exhibition 'Living Form: The Transformable Work of Chuck Hoberman' being hosted by The Building Centre in London. The article discusses the wide range of Hoberman's career, focusing on his move into the realm of adaptive architecture, and to which the ideas and ideals he is applying.
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Architect Magazine, A Clockwork Shade
February 2011
Mimi Zeiger
Architect Magazine's February 2011 issue included a detailed look at Tessellate™, ABI's animated architectural surface. The article includes interviews with ABI's Craig Holland, Matthew Davis and Matthew Herman, as well as Bill Zahner (president and CEO of A Zahner Co, the exclusive fabricator of Tessellate). Their varied perspectives provide an in-depth look into Tessellate’s design rational, mechanics and control, fabrication, shading efficacy, and environmental performance.
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ABI and Buro Happold sponsor Adaptive Architecture Conference
March 3-5, 2011
The Building Centre, London
Adaptive Building Initiative and Buro Happold are sponsoring a three-day international conference on that will bring together leading practitioners, researchers and experts in the field of adaptive architecture. The conference will be organized into four modules: dynamic facades, transformable structures, bio-inspired aterials and building intelligence. Chuck Hoberman will be among the speakers presenting.
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ABI's Matthew Herman leads R+D Symposium virtual seminar on interactive and reactive buildings
December 15, 2010
Titled, Adaptive Building Initiative: Exploring the Future of Interactive and Reactive Building Systems, Matthew Herman's lecture will discuss adaptive building design; new adaptive technology development, prototyping and use; and the role of the architect within an adaptive building design team.
Part of the R+D Symposium virtual conference, the seminar will be viewable online on Friday, December 15th 2010, and earns 1.0 AIA CES Learning Unit.
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HelioTrace receives 2010 R+D Awards citation
The HelioTrace Façade System was honored with a citation in the 2010 R+D Awards. Utilizing ABI's Strata™ system, the HelioTrace concept was conceived in partnership with Skidmore, Owings & Merril and the Permasteelisa Group, and originally received a citation from the AIA NY's Center for Architecture.
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Mark Magazine, Chuck Hoberman Designs Transformations
December 2010
Terri Peters
Mark Magazine's Terri Peters interviewed ABI Principal Chuck Hoberman about his work, his practices and the future – ‘Embedding a building or façade with physical intelligence.'
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ABI and event partners celebrate Greenbuild 2010 at Art Institute of Chicago
November 17, 2010
Adaptive Building Initiative partnered with Architect’s Newspaper, Buro Happold, Dow Building Solutions, Graphisoft and American Hydrotech to host a celebration of sustainability and the 2010 Greenbuild conference at the Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing. Attendance included hundreds of engineers, designers and architects.
The hundreds of engineers, designers and architects in attendance were given a first-hand look at new versions of ABI's Adaptive Fritting™ and Tessellate™ Intelligent Surfaces, demonstrated by three technology showpieces created by ABI especially for the event.
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Adaptive Building Initiative profiled in Architectural Products Magazine's green issue
October 2010
Architectural Products Magazine interviewed Adaptive Building Initiative's Craig Holland about ABI's adaptive shading products, business operations, current projects and design goals.
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ABI unveils new Tessellate™ system at SUNY Stony Brook
October 2010
Adaptive Building Initiative created a dynamic installation for the Stony Brook Foundation’s new Center for Geometry and Physics. At once functional shading and art, the installation adorns the south-facing primary facade; its kinetic patterns create dynamic, ever-changing views, lighting and shadow-play while providing additional shading for the LEED Gold-status building's lobby.
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Two dynamic ABI installations welcome visitors to the Wyss Institute at Harvard University
October 2010
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering commissioned ABI to create an installation for the main entrance to its new home at Harvard University. An installation in two parts, it encompasses the main sliding glass doorway and an adjacent moving glass partition-wall, both incorporating new variations on ABI's Adaptive Fritting™ technology.
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Journal of Commerce: Adaptive buildings more than a concept
October 4, 2010
Korky Koroluk
Western Canada's construction newspaper, Journal of Commerce, featured Adaptive Building Initiative in an article about the material realization of adaptivity in buildings.
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Urban Green Expo 2010: Pushing the Envelope
September 29-30, 2010
ABI presented at Urban Green Expo 2010 -- sponsored by the Urban Green Council, New York's chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.
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WWF report identifies ABI as a 'green game-changer'
The WWF is compiling a database of innovative companies with cuttting-edge sustainable business models – 'to inspire new green ways of doing business.' Included in their first round of 'green game-changers' is Adaptive Building Initiative.
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Adaptive Fritting receives an award in the I.D. Annual Design Review
ABI's Adaptive Fritting installation was chosen as an Honorable Mention Winner in the Environments category of I.D. Magazine's 2010 Annual Design Review.
The I.D. Annual Design Review has recognized the best in design since 1954, seeking each year to focus the submissions into a clear survey of the state of design.
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Two ABI systems win Silver IDEA 2010 awards
ABI's adaptive shading technologies have been recognized with two prestigious International Design Excellence Awards from IDSA and Business Week. Adaptive Fritting™, ABI's living glass shading technology, received a Silver IDEA in the Commercial & Industrial Products category. Emergent Surface, received a Silver IDEA in the Environments category. Demonstrating ABI's Strata™ system, Emergent Surface was comissioned for MoMA's Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition.
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Adaptive curtain wall design by ABI and partners wins CFA award
In response to the Center for Architecture’s competition 'Open Call: Innovative Curtain Wall Design,' Adaptive Building Initiative teamed up with Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, and The Permasteelisa Group to create the HelioTrace façade system, utilizing ABI's Strata™ system...
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Fast Company Magazine: Chuck Hoberman's Buildings Adapt to the Environment
April 1, 2010
Tim McKeough
Fast Company Magazine's Issue 144 includes a profile of Adaptive Building Initiative, highlighting its POLA Building, Aldar Central Market and Ciudad de Justicia projects.
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Craig Schwitter lectures at Harvard University
March 29, 2010
As part of the Technology Lecture Series, Craig Scwhitter delivered a lecture on "Adaptive Environments: Shaping architecture through responsive enclosure design."
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Chuck Hoberman delivers lecture at UVa School of Architecture
Campbell Hall, Room 153, University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
Friday, March 19, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
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Chuck Hoberman speaks at FIT
Detours, Mergers & Mutations:
A Conversation About Art, Architecture and Design with Vito Acconci, Chuck Hoberman and Allan Wexler
Katie Murphy Amphitheater, Fashion Institute of Technology - New York, NY
Thursday, March 11, 6:00pm
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ABI principals deliver lecture at IIT College of Architecture
Chuck Hoberman and Craig Schwitter will discuss the need for building responsiveness and explain the adaptive shading technologies offered by the Adaptive Building Initiative.
Lower Core of S. R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago, IL
Thursday, February 25, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
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Shinkenchiku 2009: POLA Ginza Building
Publication of the POLA Ginza Building in Japanese architectural periodical Shinkenchiku.
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Innovative adaptive façade transforms POLA's new Tokyo headquarters
October 2009 marked the opening of Japanese cosmetics manufacturer POLA's new headquarters in the Ginza district. The Adaptive Building Initiative and Hoberman Associates collaborated with architects Yasuda Atelier and Nikken Sekkei to develop an adaptive shading system for the building's façade.
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ABI principals deliver lecture at the Cooper Union
Chuck Hoberman and Craig Schwitter will discuss their joint venture, the Adaptive Building Initiative, at the Cooper Union in New York. The event is part of the Architectural League NY's Current Work Lecture Series.
The Great Hall - 7 East 7th Street
Wednesday, October 28, 7:00pm
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Chuck Hoberman and Craig Schwitter lecture on sustainable façades at Cornell
Cornell University's Department of Architecture is offering a new elective course for fall 2009: The Sustainable Interface - Poetic and Pragmatic Dynamics of the Aperture. Craig Schwitter is co-instructing the course with Dan Kaplan, Senior Partner of FXFOWLE.
Thursdays 9:05am to 11:00am
142 East Sibley Hall - Ithaca, NY.
Chuck Hoberman will be joining the class as a guest lecturer on October 11th to discuss kinetic systems and adaptive technologies that can be applied to building façades.
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Hoberman Lectures at Harvard on Transformable Façades
Chuck Hoberman visits Harvard University to give a lecture sponsored by Applied Mechanics & Engineering Seminar Series and the Wyss Institute. The topic of the lecture is 'New Technologies for Dynamic Façades'.
Wednesday, October 7, 4:00pm
Pierce Hall 209 - Cambridge, NY.
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Seed Design Video Series
Chuck Hoberman speaks about responsive architecture and Emergent Surface as part of the Seed Design Video Series. The talk coincided with the opening of MoMA's Design and the Elastic Mind Exhibition for which Emergent Surface was commissioned.
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Adaptive Structures: Building for Performance and Sustainability.
In the context of their partnership, Adaptive Building Initiative, Chuck Hoberman and Buro Happold North America regional director Craig Schwitter discuss the potential for adaptive façades to realize sustainable buildings as commonplace.
Design Intelligence published the essay.
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Hoberman and ABI unveil new technology at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard. On display: March 30 – May 15, 2009 Hoberman and ABI's Adaptive Fritting installation demonstrates a new technology for variable transparency surfaces, allowing dynamic control over shading, thermal gain and privacy. The installation is part of Harvard's Ecological Urbanism exhibition in Gund Hall Gallery. A parallel conference, Ecological Urbanism: Alternative and Sustainable Cities of the Future ran from April 3 - 5, and included Chuck Hoberman as a guest speaker. Share |
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Adaptive Shading Technology on exhibition at The Center for Architecture: January 22 – April 25, 2009 ABI's Adaptive Shading Technology will be on display at the AIA, New York's Center for Architecture exhibition, MAKE IT WORK. Engineering Possibilities. Share |
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