Main entry:

Maas, Winy, 1959- author.

Title & Author:

Barba : life in the fully adaptable environment / Winy Maas, Ulf Hackauf, Adrien Ravon, Patrick Healy.

Publication:

Rotterdam : Nai010 Publishers, [2015]
©2015

Description:

416 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

Series:

The Why Factory's future cities series ; eighth book

Notes:
Cover title.
Title from cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Barba / The Why Factory: Winy Maas with Ulf Hackauf, Adrien Ravon, Transformer studio TU Delft and Wieland and Grouwens -- Wasted space / The Why Factory: Robotic City and Adaptive City studios, TU Delft -- Life in Barba / The Why Factory and ETH Zürich: Adrien Ravon -- Space makers / The Why Factory and ETH Zurich: Adrien Ravon : Muybridge Revisited ; Halo Maker ; Negotiator ; Space moulder ; Shape library ; Window maker ; Packer ; View maker ; Stabilizer ; Vein maker -- Materialization / The Why Factory: Ulf Hackauf -- Tests : Material experiments / The Why Factory with Buckylab : Foam and air ; Balloon transparencies ; Vaccuumed grain ; Wax ; Skin and piston ; Membranes ; Pneumatic skeleton ; Bubbles -- Models / The Why Factory: Transformer Installations, TU Delft studio : Inflatables ; Elastics ; Drones ; Wood ; Mesh ; Light ; Liquids ; Sponge ; Felt -- Rietveld Revisited / The Why Factory: Transformer Installations, TU Delft studio -- Inhabiting zero wasted space / The Why Factory: Stavros Gargaretas -- Adaptive dream home tower / The Why Factory: Jayson Johnstone -- Twenty-four Hour Block / The Why Factory: Leo Stuckardt -- Prototypes : Magic carpet / The Why Factory research team -- Talking napkin / The Why Factory and EIT ICT Labs -- Softwall / The Why Factory and EIT ICT Labs -- Implications : Map of questions / The Why Factory and ETH: Transformer studio at ETH Zurich -- What if not? / The Why Factory: Ulf Hackauf -- Through a glass darkly ... / Patrick Healy -- Evolution / The Why Factory, TU Delft, ETH Zurich, Buckylab, EIT ICT Labs -- Barbamama / The Why Factory: Winy Maas.

Summary:

How could nanotechnology change buildings and cities in the future? Imagine a new substance, that could be steered and altered in real time. Imagine creating a nanomaterial that could change its shape, that could shrink and expand; that could do almost anything. We've named this material Barba. With Barba, we would be able to adapt our environment to every desire and every need. The latest book in 'The Why Factory's future cities' series envisions how nanomaterial might drastically change cities and architecture in the future. This speculation on fully adaptable environments is illustrated in the best tradition of science fiction. We follow an inhabitant for a day and see, how everyday routines change in these new, flexible spaces. This story forms the point of departure for a series of interactive experiments, installations, and proposals towards the development of new, body-based and fully adaptive architectures.

ISBN:

9789462082533 (paperback)
9462082537 (paperback)
(ebook)
9789462082564
9462082561
9789462082564

Subject:

Nanotechnology.
Materials.
Building materials.
Architecture Forecasting.
City planning Netherlands.
Matériaux.
Construction Matériaux.
building materials.
City planning.
Netherlands.

Added entries:

Hackauf, Ulf, author.
Ravon, Adrien, author.
Healy, Patrick (Patrick Edward), 1955- author.
Maas, Winy, 1959- author, editor
Hackauf, Ulf author, editor
Ravon, Adrien author, editor
Why Factory.
Technische Universiteit Delft.
Future cities series ; 8.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292118
Call No.: BIB 236159
Status: Available