Nano Materials: in Architecture, Interior Architecture and DesignNanotechnology 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. |
Contents
Foreword by Harold Kroto | 8 |
Foreword by Michael Veith | 10 |
What is nanotechnology? | 12 |
The development of nanotechnology | 20 |
Carbon new morphologies | 26 |
General market developments | 32 |
Nanoproducts | 34 |
Form Follows Function? | 40 |
Childrens playground Kagawa | 90 |
Easytoclean ETC | 92 |
Science to Business Center Nanotronics Bio Marl | 97 |
Kaldewei KompetenzCenter Ahlen | 99 |
Private residence Erlenbach | 101 |
Modern Classicism Shanghai | 103 |
Urban loungeLight bubbles St Gallen | 105 |
Antifogging | 118 |
Ecology and economics | 42 |
Is the devil in the dwarfs? | 44 |
Nanotechnology and product design | 50 |
Functions and applications | 56 |
LotusEffect | 58 |
Ara Pacis Museum Rome | 63 |
Commercial building Pula | 65 |
Private residence Aggstall | 67 |
Strucksbarg housing Hamburg | 69 |
Photocatalysis | 72 |
Muhammad Ali Center MAC Louisville Kentucky | 77 |
Hyatt Regency Garden Chapel Osaka | 79 |
Narita International Airport of Tokyo Chiba | 80 |
AKT Am Kaisers Turm Heilbronn | 81 |
east Hotel Hamburg | 82 |
GFlat Tokyo | 83 |
Kurakuen private residence Hyogo | 85 |
Senri New Town private residence Osaka | 86 |
House in Creek Hiroshima | 87 |
Disabledaccess housing for elderly people Frick | 88 |
MSV Arena soccer stadium Duisburg | 89 |
PCMs | 135 |
Fireproof | 145 |
Deutsche Post headquarters Bonn | 147 |
Waverley Gate Edinburgh | 149 |
Antigraffiti | 152 |
New Centre | 155 |
Hofjäger Palais Berlin | 157 |
Antireflective | 160 |
Antibacterial | 162 |
Housing estate Duisburg | 165 |
Operating theatre Goslar | 167 |
Operating theatre Berlin | 168 |
Patients hospital room prototype Berlin | 170 |
Antifingerprint | 172 |
Scratchproof and abrasionresistant | 176 |
The holistic application of nanosurfaces in interiors | 178 |
Acknowledgements | 179 |
People | 180 |
Trade fairs conferences and events | 183 |
Sources further information illustration credits | 186 |
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Nano Materials: in Architecture, Interior Architecture and Design Sylvia Leydecker Limited preview - 2008 |