Interactive, Connected, Smart materials: ICS materiality

Ferrara, Marinella; Rognoli, Valentina; Arquilla, Venanzio; Parisi, Stefano

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-73888-8_118

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“…Technological advances and the miniaturization of components to the nanoscale such as sensors, processors, and actuators have led to the development of new classes of materials influenced by computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and information and communication technologies that have promoted knowledge exchange and collaboration between different disciplines [20]. These materials outperform traditional smart materials through additional degrees of intelligence and interaction and are called interactive materials, connected, and smart (ICS) [3,21] or Organic User Interface (OUI) [22] or smart materials that interact sensibly with the surfaces (utrasurface) without the need for keyboards, buttons or touch screens, but through stimulation of the senses. These programmable materials can be used in many sectors (transportation, electronics, wearable things, smart objects, and architecture), showing huge potential for sustainability and resource reduction [20].…”

Section: Smart Interactive Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These programmable materials can be used in many sectors (transportation, electronics, wearable things, smart objects, and architecture), showing huge potential for sustainability and resource reduction [20]. These materials help designers to design new environments that are stimulating and meaningful to people's daily lives through the performance of materials by movement, changing colors, lighting and many other interaction [21]. In general, it can be said that smart interactive materials are more advanced as they can be programmed at every stage of manufacturing and using [20].…”

Section: Smart Interactive Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Modeling an Interactive Interior Design Mechanism, Depending on the User’s Desires

AL-Saigh,

Mahmoud

2023

IJDNE

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This study introduces an innovative paradigm for the development of interactive, userresponsive interior spaces. Historically, the design of interior spaces has been largely disconnected from the preferences and requirements of their occupants, necessitating user adaptation. However, advancements in technology, nanomaterials, and intelligent materials have paved the way for the customization of spaces to align with the individual needs and desires of users. Despite these technological advancements, a practical mechanism for the application of intelligent materials and technologies in the design of user-responsive spaces remains elusive. This study aims to address this gap by developing a novel software solution for the creation of color-responsive interactive spaces. The proposed software employs interactive smart materials, particularly thermochromic pigments, to enable spaces to engage with inhabitants in a dynamic manner. Preliminary findings from the Thermochromic Interior Design (TID) program indicate a consistent physiological response across different environments. Yet, the distinct color dynamics within each space foster a unique interactive experience. This study thus extends the current understanding in the field by proposing a proactive approach to interior design that capitalizes on smart materials and technologies. Furthermore, the research highlights the potential of these technologies in crafting adaptive and personalized spaces, posing a paradigm shift in our interaction with our environment. The adaptability and interactivity facilitated by such spaces could enhance user satisfaction and engagement across various contexts, from residential to commercial.

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Section: Smart Interactive Materialsmentioning

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Modeling an Interactive Interior Design Mechanism, Depending on the User’s Desires

AL-Saigh,

Mahmoud

2023

IJDNE

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“…Novel materials with dynamic and interactive qualities, able to sense, process, and materialize data, are emerging under the influence of an increasingly technological advancement that fuels miniaturization of technology and material augmentation. These are explored by the basic research project 'ICS Materials' (Ferrara, et al, 2018;Bionda & Ratti, 2018;2018 b), an acronym that stands for Interactive, Connected, and Smart Materials. Many of these materials are at their experimental and prototypical stage without a clear application.…”

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The NautICS Materials workshop: teaching and learning Interactive, Connected, and Smart Materials for Yacht Design.

Parisi¹,

Bionda²,

Ratti³

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Insider Knowledge - Proceedings of the Design Research Society Learn X Design Conference, 2019

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Knowledge about materials is a key element in design education, considering not only their technical properties but also experiential and expressive-sensorial qualities of materials. To comply with this transition and with the emergence of novel materials, educators need to adapt or develop new formats, tools and methods for teaching and learning materials in design curricula. This paper presents a tentative design methodology experimented and validated in an educational workshop named NautICS Materials, with the aims of (i) teaching ICS Materials in the absence of material samples, (ii) exploiting the potential of ICS Materials in driving yacht design concepts; (iii) designing for ICS Materials; and (iv) introducing and applying the notion of materials experience. ICS Materials is an acronym that stands for Interactive, Connected, and Smart. Indeed, the domain of materials for design is changing under the influence of an increasingly technological advancement, which brings miniaturization of technology and material augmentation with the use of sensors, actuators, and microprocessors. Examples of new hybrid material systems with dynamic and computational qualities are increasingly emerging and raising the need to forecast their potentials in the design space and to reflect on their future application critically, both in design and in teaching. The workshop NautICS Materials-ICS Materials for the Nautical sector-is described by its objectives, structure, methodology, tools and results, in order to present a model to transfer to other sectors or to scale up in larger experimental and applied actions.

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“…Integrated Design with Smart Materials for Sustainability. The opportunities that smart materials offer, expanding mechanism of building systems need to be considered by designers as vast potentials for defining new meanings and aesthetic expression [20]. As discussed in the smart material sustainability assessment criteria, the smart material application has an optimistic opportunity to achieve the environmental significance for a sustainable building, particularly with building envelopes.…”

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Sustainability Assessment of Smart Materials in Buildings

Yoon

2018

MSF

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Smart materials are discussed in architecture to transfer the state-of-the-art technology and expand the horizon of building performance. Although the effects of smart material applications in building design are discussed in literature and publications from the context of an autonomous responsive system and an environment-control device, the notion of sustainability assessment of smart materials is not comprehensively discussed yet. Researches on the energy simulation, life cycle cost assessment, thermal behavior evaluation, and daylight assessment have been developed for some specific materials. However, the sustainable performance of building is evaluated with criteria of region-based building sustainability assessment tools. Although smart materials in building may contribute to energy demand reduction and be considered as innovative technology with multiple values, currently available sustainability assessment tools would not allow the adequate evaluation of smart materials in buildings. Therefore, this research reviews the possibility to evaluate smart materials in major sustainability assessment tools – BREEAM, LEED, and CASBEE and proposes the assessment criteria to embrace a smart material application in architecture as an opportunistic smart approach toward sustainability of buildings.

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Interactive, Connected, Smart materials: ICS materiality

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

Modeling an Interactive Interior Design Mechanism, Depending on the User’s Desires

Modeling an Interactive Interior Design Mechanism, Depending on the User’s Desires

The NautICS Materials workshop: teaching and learning Interactive, Connected, and Smart Materials for Yacht Design.

Sustainability Assessment of Smart Materials in Buildings

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