Adaptive Building Initiative

News

Subscribe to RSS
	Urban Green Expo 2010: Pushing the Envelope ABI will be presenting at Urban Green Expo 2010 -- sponsored by the Urban Green Council, New York's chapter of the USGBC. Learn more Share
	Adaptive curtain wall design by Hoberman and partners wins CFA award In response to the Center for Architecture’s competition 'Open Call: Innovative Curtain Wall Design,' Adaptive Building Initiative teamed up with Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, and The Permasteelisa Group to create the HelioTrace façade system... Read more Share
	Fast Company Magazine: Chuck Hoberman's Buildings Adapt to the Environment April 1, 2010 Tim McKeough Fast Company Magazine's Issue 144 includes a profile of Adaptive Building Initiative, highlighting its POLA Building, Aldar Central Market and Ciudad de Justicia projects. Read the article on fastcompany.com Share
	Craig Schwitter lectures at Harvard University March 29, 2010 As part of the Technology Lecture Series, Craig Scwhitter delivered a lecture on "Adaptive Environments: Shaping architecture through responsive enclosure design." Learn more Share
	Chuck Hoberman delivers lecture at UVa School of Architecture Campbell Hall, Room 153, University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA Friday, March 19, 5:00pm - 7:00pm Learn more Share
	Chuck Hoberman speaks at FIT Detours, Mergers & Mutations: A Conversation About Art, Architecture and Design with Vito Acconci, Chuck Hoberman and Allan Wexler Katie Murphy Amphitheater, Fashion Institute of Technology - New York, NY Thursday, March 11, 6:00pm Learn more Share
	ABI principals deliver lecture at IIT College of Architecture Chuck Hoberman and Craig Schwitter will discuss the need for building responsiveness and explain the adaptive shading technologies offered by the Adaptive Building Initiative. Lower Core of S. R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago, IL Thursday, February 25, 4:00pm - 6:00pm Share
	Shinkenchiku 2009: POLA Ginza Building Publication of the POLA Ginza Building in Japanese architectural periodical Shinkenchiku. Download a pdf of the printed article. Share
	Innovative adaptive façade transforms POLA's new Tokyo headquarters October 2009 marked the opening of Japanese cosmetics manufacturer POLA's new headquarters in the Ginza district. The Adaptive Building Initiative and Hoberman Associates collaborated with architects Yasuda Atelier and Nikken Sekkei to develop an adaptive shading system for the building's façade. Learn more and view images of the project in our portfolio. Share
	ABI principals deliver lecture at the Cooper Union Chuck Hoberman and Craig Schwitter will discuss their joint venture, the Adaptive Building Initiative, at the Cooper Union in New York. The event is part of the Architectural League NY's Current Work Lecture Series. The Great Hall - 7 East 7th Street Wednesday, October 28, 7:00pm Watch streaming video of the lecture Learn more at archleague.org Share
	Chuck Hoberman and Craig Schwitter lecture on sustainable façades at Cornell Cornell University's Department of Architecture is offering a new elective course for fall 2009: The Sustainable Interface - Poetic and Pragmatic Dynamics of the Aperture. Craig Schwitter is co-instructing the course with Dan Kaplan, Senior Partner of FXFOWLE. Thursdays 9:05am to 11:00am 142 East Sibley Hall - Ithaca, NY. Chuck Hoberman will be joining the class as a guest lecturer on October 11th to discuss kinetic systems and adaptive technologies that can be applied to building façades. Visit cornell.edu Share
	Hoberman Lectures at Harvard on Transformable Façades Chuck Hoberman visits Harvard University to give a lecture sponsored by Applied Mechanics & Engineering Seminar Series and the Wyss Institute. The topic of the lecture is 'New Technologies for Dynamic Façades'. Wednesday, October 7, 4:00pm Pierce Hall 209 - Cambridge, NY. For more information visit harvard.edu Share
	Seed Design Video Series Chuck Hoberman speaks about responsive architecture and Emergent Surface as part of the Seed Design Video Series. The talk coincided with the opening of MoMA's Design and the Elastic Mind Exhibition for which Emergent Surface was commissioned. Watch streaming video of the talk wwww.seedmagazine.com Share
	Adaptive Structures: Building for Performance and Sustainability. In the context of their partnership, Adaptive Building Initiative, Chuck Hoberman and Buro Happold North America regional director Craig Schwitter discuss the potential for adaptive façades to realize sustainable buildings as commonplace. Design Intelligence published the essay. Read the essay on di.net Share
	Hoberman and ABI unveil new technology at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard. On display: March 30 – May 15, 2009 Hoberman and ABI's Adaptive Fritting installation demonstrates a new technology for variable transparency surfaces, allowing dynamic control over shading, thermal gain and privacy. The installation is part of Harvard's Ecological Urbanism exhibition in Gund Hall Gallery. A parallel conference, Ecological Urbanism: Alternative and Sustainable Cities of the Future ran from April 3 - 5, and included Chuck Hoberman as a guest speaker. Read Harvard's synopsis of the exhibition. Read the Harvard Gazette's article on the conference. Share
	Adaptive Shading Technology on exhibition at The Center for Architecture: January 22 – April 25, 2009 ABI's Adaptive Shading Technology will be on display at the AIA, New York's Center for Architecture exhibition, MAKE IT WORK. Engineering Possibilities. Click here for more information about the Center for Architecture. Share