Download or read book Smart Materials in Architecture, Interior Architecture and Design written by Axel Ritter and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-11-21 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart materials respond to stimuli such as light or temperature by changing their form, color viscosity etc. These materials make it possible, for example, to develop self-acting, kinetic facades and wallpaper that changes its color and pattern based on temperature and light. The book presents the functions and uses of about twenty groups of smart materials