Based on the ITECH Research Demonstrator (top left), The University of Stuttgart Institute for Textile and Fiber Technologies (ITFT) will exhibit its “Adaptive FRP elements for facade shading” ...

Scientists in Germany have unveiled a groundbreaking smart façade system that changes shape in response to weather conditions to help optimize the energy efficiency and indoor comfort of buildings, ...

Researchers at Germany's Institute for Textile and Fiber Technologies (ITFT) have designed a pneumatically activable PV façade equipped with solar tracking systems. “FlectoSol is the first compliant, ...

Pine cones as a model: Researchers have developed a new, energy-autonomous facade system that adapts passively to the weather. Pine cones as a model: Researchers at the universities of Stuttgart and ...