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Building Skins(?)

Skins and Thresholds
Priya Jalan, 2018


Human skin acts as an outer covering for the body which is responsible to protect the internal organs from the outside. It is an adaptive membrane which allows the body to survive in this environment. The second form of covering is experienced by human bodies is through clothes and building shelters are the third form of covering. The façade of the building is considered as one of the most prominent features of the building because it forms the first image in the mind of the viewer and also generates an engagement of the building with people.

The building skin has been shaped by several parameters such as material exploration, technological advancement, cultural responses, economical responses or context of geographic location.

This thesis is based on research of evolution of designing a building skin and what are the parameters that affected the process. In current scenario what is the architecture of building skin? Can building skin and structure be separated in design process and the execution of it anymore? What will be the ornamentation of new age? What are the textures of building skin that has been generated to shape spaces. Human skin adapts according to the geographical location and its context for example color of skin differs from one place to another, similarly can a particular building type become adaptive to its context? Will the next generation skin be based on artificial intelligence technologies or will it be integrated or it will be a representative face or combinations of these?



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