The evolution of the building skin——Intuitive,clear to vague,hazy
Author(s): ZHAO Jianxia, School of architecture and civil engineering
Pages: 1-4
Year: 2016 Issue: 2
Journal: Fujian Architecture & Construction
Keyword: Building skin; Evolution; Translucency; Material transformation;
Abstract: In different periods,building skin has different definition,the status and form are also quite different. In general,the building skin changed from the attached to the structure to the independent. After experiencing a process from thick to thin,opaque to transparent,the building skin began to go to another concept of thick and opaque. This kind of skin is translucent skin. Because of its translucent status,The skin gives us a kind of vague,hazy feeling. The translucent building skin which has two ways to form has superior performance and will become one of the main development trends.
Pages: 1-4
Year: 2016 Issue: 2
Journal: Fujian Architecture & Construction
Keyword: Building skin; Evolution; Translucency; Material transformation;
Abstract: In different periods,building skin has different definition,the status and form are also quite different. In general,the building skin changed from the attached to the structure to the independent. After experiencing a process from thick to thin,opaque to transparent,the building skin began to go to another concept of thick and opaque. This kind of skin is translucent skin. Because of its translucent status,The skin gives us a kind of vague,hazy feeling. The translucent building skin which has two ways to form has superior performance and will become one of the main development trends.
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