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Passive Heliotropism

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Professor: Skylar Tibbits
Course: Active Architecture

 

Inspired by the movement of the sun flower with the sun, this project aims to mimic the movement by only using plastic sheets and water. In the following experiments explored the use of water and phase change
“evaporation” as an actuator that could cause movement and translation. A scientific research method was used to understand and control the movement by testing a wide range of geometries, plastics, sealing methods, liquids..

MIT | Fall 2015 | Individual