PUBLIC CANOPY SYSTEM CAN BE RECONFIGURED BY DRONES ON THE FLY

摘要

ARCHITECTURE IS ALWAYS EVOLVING. Be it the way buildings are designed, the processes by which they are built, or the materials used. But a new prototype from the University of Stuttgart takes this continuous evolution to a new level, with a reconfigu-rable canopy system for public spaces that is in a state of perpetual construction.The Cyber Physical Macro Material as a UAV [re] Configurable Architectural System (hopefully the name will continue to evolve as well) combines cyber-physical building material constructed from lightweight carbon fiber filament with integrated electronics for communication and sensing, with a collection of autonomous aerial vehicles, dubbed builders.The canopy is composed of individual pieces that measure 40 cm wide, 64cm long, and 25 cm tall. Each piece is composed of a roof plate that acts as the shading element, an attachment bar for UAV transport, ABS attachment plates with embedded magnets, an electronic board with a microchip, a sensor for external data input, and elements that allow each unit to communicate with every other unit.