UCLA, SCHOOL of ARCHITECTURE and URBAN DESIGN
PERLOFF HALL
DECEMBER 6, 2010
TRANSFORMABLE DESIGN: ICONIC TO ENVIRONMENTAL
Inventor Chuck Hoberman spoke about his work in the field of Transformable Design. He started the talk by discussing one of his earliest installations, the Hoberman Sphere.
A few years later, he launched a line of toys focused around the now infamous object.
He went on to show how his work has evolved into a wide range of objects from stage installations for U2 to mechanisms that enhance building glazing performance such as his adaptive fritting and tessellate projects.
In 2008 Hoberman Associates teamed up with the engineering firm Buro Happold to form the Adaptive Building Initiative (ABI), “dedicated to designing a new generation of buildings that optimize their configuration in real time by responding to environmental changes.” http://www.adaptivebuildings.com/
Responsive Skins 