Adaptive behavior of Thermostrictive smart materials

Materiality has now become instrumental in the design of building skins. The experimental attitude to materiality has architects considering the use of materials in new and unexpected ways, in unconventional situations and conditions. Many of these newly developed materials are capable of reacting flexibly to external conditions physically or chemically in response to changes in the temperature, light, electric field or movement. The term Smart Materials has been used to define these materials that have changeable properties and are able to reversibly change their shape or colour.With the emergence of smart materials, an elevated interest in utilizing unconventional building materials, and an urgent need to conserve energy, we must find ways to make our buildings more sensitive to the nature.