Modular Pneumatic Faade System (MPFS) Daekwon Park

Woongki Sung

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Modular Pneumatic Faade System (MPFS), attempts to juxtapose key characteristics of biological design (modularity, robustness, homeostasis, and adaptive) with smart technologies (material, sensor, actuation, and control) in order to create a kinetic faade system that respond and interact with its environment in realtime. Similar to how an independent cell coordinates with each other to undergo certain tasks in multicellular systems in nature, the MPFS is consisted of autonomous modules that collectively achieve assigned functions. Each MPFS module is integrated with its own sensor, actuation, and control components which contribute to the robustness of the system as well as allow it to adapt to external stimulus. As an aggregated system, MPFSs has potentials to initiate emergent behaviors at the global level due to the chain reaction between individual modules at the local level. Inspired by the hydro skeletons and muscular hydrostats in nature (e.g. elephant trunk, starfish, octopus arm, etc.), the

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SkinRite10 Silicone

Ecofl ex

Polydimethylsiloxane(P DMS)

Sil-Poxy Silicone Adhesive

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Syringe 100CC/ML

Standard 3/16" Flexible Airline Tubing for Aquariums

10 PCS Aquarium Airline Air Tube Tubing Connectors Filters

Active Aqua Commercial Air Pump with 8 outlets, 70L per minute

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Black & Decker ASI300 Air Station Inflator

3 Gallon, 100 PSI Oilless Electric Pancake Air Compressor

Arduino and electronic components

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Sensor

Test Module mold and Cast

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A flex sensor and a photocell sensor were tested to see how effectively Firefly can bridge between the preliminary designed geometry and the micro-controller. The geometry was built using Grasshopper and Rhino, as a parametric/ generative model. The sensor data that flows into the Firefly components are converted using ReMap component and Smooth component in order to manipulate the parameters of the geometry.

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Kinetic Type

Material (elasticity differentiation and sectional variation)

Geometry (channel configuration and 3 dimensional form)

Bend multiple channels subdivision

Thickness variation

Material variation Expand

Thickness variation Single channel folding Material variation

Extend

Thickness variation

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Single channel constrains

Bend 01

Actuation Kinematics Prototypes

Bend 02

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Bend 03

Embedded Capacitive Sensor Prototype

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Flexinol Valve Connection Study

Parallel

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Y - connection

System Diagram

5V power Supply

Dexter dPressure 500 NXT Pressure Sensor Product code : RB-Dex-02 Sensors

10 uF capacitor

Vacuum Pump - 12V sku: ROB-10398 AVR 20 Pin 20MHz 2K ATtiny2313

Flexinol Electrostem Air Valve Product code : RB-Dyn-04

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AVR 8 Pin 20MHz 8K 4A/D ATtiny85

12V power Supply

Valve and Pneumatic Pump connection through Microcontroller - video

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Final MPFS Prototype

Expand / Extend

Divider

Chassis

Bend

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Diaphragm Connection

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Chassis Configuration

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