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Towards the Smart Filter

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The chapter aims to introduce the reader and the designer in the field of membrane architecture, presenting its potential and future challenges. In particular, the chapter presents some innovative applications of membranes in facades and roofs, in order to suggest scenarios of further developments of the building skin, such as light and heat filters, active and reactive systems. The chapter continues with an investigation into the potentialities of the various materials available today to filter light into membrane skins and to optimise the overall efficiency of an architecture built with membrane-based tensile structures. Eventually, promising ideas on how to increase the user’s interactivity with a new concept of soft, membranous building envelopes are presented.

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    Alessandra Zanelli & Carlotta Mazzola

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    Carol Monticelli

  3. Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

    Nebojsa Jakica

  4. **’an University of Architecture and Technology, **’an, China

    Zhengyu Fan

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Zanelli, A., Mazzola, C. (2023). Towards the Smart Filter. In: Zanelli, A., Monticelli, C., Jakica, N., Fan, Z. (eds) Lightweight Energy. Research for Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08154-5_1

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