These Towers Have Shape-Shifting Sunshades That React To Sunlight
These beautiful twin office towers
in Abu Dhabi borrow from ancient Arabic architectural elements to create an
innovative way to shield themselves from sunlight. The two towers are overlaid
by a mechanized geometric “skin” with triangular panels that follow the sun to
block it out.
The sunscreen design by Aedas
Architects was inspired by the masharabiya, a beautiful form of ornate
sunscreen that shields windows in the Arab world from glaring sunlight and
prying eyes. The screens, controlled by computers. open, close and even travel
horizontally to block the sun. The 145m-tall towers underneath, which were
completed in 2012, are covered in glass, so the sunscreens reduce
sunlight-generated heat in the building by at least 50% and probably help with
the air conditioning bill as well!
Image credits: Ben Job
https://www.architecturendesign.net
author: D-Ezatiyan - Date: 1/10/2018