Nanotechnology is widely regarded as one of the twenty-first century s key technologies, and its economic importance is sharply on the rise. In architecture and the construction industry it has potentials that are already usable today, especially the coating of surfaces to lend them functional characteristics such as increased tensile strength, self-cleaning capacity, fire resistance, and others. Additives based on nanomaterials make common materials lighter, more permeable, and more resistant to wear. Nanomaterials are not only extremely useful for roofs and facades; they also expand design possibilities for interior and exterior rooms and spaces. Nano insulating materials open up new possibilities for ecologically oriented architects. In this book, with a foreword by nobel prize winner Harold Kroto, architects, interior designers and designers will find an introduction to the scientific background specifically tailored to their needs, a critical discussion of the advantages and limits of the technology, and above all a comprehensive presentation of sixteen characteristics and functions of nanomaterials that are specially relevant for building and design, illustrated by numerous international project examples.
Author(s): Sylvia Leydecker
Edition: 1
Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 192
Tags: Специальные дисциплины;Наноматериалы и нанотехнологии;Наноматериаловедение;
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 9
Foreword......Page 10
What is nanotechnology?......Page 12
The development of nanotechnology......Page 20
Carbon – new morphologies......Page 26
General market developments......Page 32
Nanoproducts......Page 34
Form Follows Function?......Page 40
Ecology and economics......Page 42
Is the devil in the dwarfs?......Page 44
Nanotechnology and product design......Page 50
Functions and applications......Page 56
Self-cleaning: Lotus-Effect[sup(®)]......Page 58
Ara Pacis Museum, Rome......Page 64
Commercial building, Pula......Page 66
Private residence, Aggstall......Page 68
Strucksbarg housing, Hamburg......Page 70
Self-cleaning: Photocatalysis......Page 72
Muhammad Ali Center MAC, Louisville, Kentucky......Page 78
Hyatt Regency Garden Chapel, Osaka......Page 80
Narita International Airport of Tokyo, Chiba......Page 81
AKT - Am Kaiser's Turm, Heilbronn......Page 82
east Hotel, Hamburg......Page 83
G-Flat, Tokyo......Page 84
Kurakuen private residence, Hyogo......Page 86
Senri New Town private residence, Osaka......Page 87
House in Creek, Hiroshima......Page 88
Disabled-access housing for elderly people, Frick......Page 89
MSV Arena soccer stadium, Duisburg......Page 90
Children's playground, Kagawa......Page 91
Easy-to-clean (ETC)......Page 92
Science to Business Center Nanotronics & Bio, Marl......Page 98
Kaldewei Kompetenz-Center, Ahlen......Page 100
Private residence, Erlenbach......Page 102
Modern Classicism, Shanghai......Page 104
Urban lounge/Light bubbles, St. Gallen......Page 106
Air-purifying......Page 108
Atelier and villa for a calligrapher, Ymanashi......Page 114
Paving for Leien Boulevard, Antwerp......Page 116
Jubilee Church, Rome......Page 117
Anti-fogging......Page 118
Fragrancecapsules......Page 120
Thermal insulation: VIPs......Page 122
Sonnenschiff centre, Freiburg......Page 125
Seitzstraße mixed-used building, Munich......Page 126
Thermal insulation: Aerogel......Page 128
County Zoo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin......Page 132
School extension, London......Page 133
Sports hall, Carquefou......Page 134
Factory, Zaisertshofen......Page 135
Temperature regulation: PCMs......Page 136
"Sur Falveng" housing for elderly people, Domat/Ems......Page 141
UV protection......Page 142
Solar protection......Page 144
Fire-proof......Page 146
Deutsche Post headquarters, Bonn......Page 148
Waverley Gate, Edinburgh......Page 150
Anti-graffiti......Page 152
New Centre Ulm......Page 156
Hofjäger Palais, Berlin......Page 158
Anti-reflective......Page 160
Antibacterial......Page 162
Housing estate, Duisburg......Page 166
Operating theatre, Goslar......Page 168
Operating theatre, Berlin......Page 169
Patient's hospital room prototype, Berlin......Page 170
Anti-fingerprint......Page 172
Scratchproof and abrasion-resistant......Page 176
The holistic application of nanosurfaces in interiors......Page 178
Acknowledgements......Page 180
People......Page 181
Trade fairs, conferences and events......Page 184
Sources, further information, illustration credits......Page 186
