From Fiction to Construct In Architecture: An Adaptive Canopy Design

The changing production and usage styles with the effect of the technology age also directly affect the design products. In contrast to traditional design forms, the interaction between user and product can be observed more intensely in designs where information technologies are used. The user-product dichotomy that is emphasized is considered as user-structure in architecture and developed with studies in adaptive architecture. In this study, adaptive-responsive canopy design, in which design outputs interact with the environment and the user, has been studied. In most of the studies on adaptive architecture, it has been determined that the adaptation styles remain theoretical and that sufficient analysis has not been done for physical realization. In this study, which is lacking in the literature, an adaptive canopy design and the adaptation technique of this design are emphasized. For this, a system that can adapt to different environments and scales, and that shows formal variation depending on the fixed and moving elements of the environment, has been proposed. Lighting elements, which are the main elements of the system, contribute to the adaptation process with changes in lighting levels depending on their impact points. It was concluded that the responsiveness of sensitive systems to the interaction with the environment strengthens the concept of flexibility in architecture and that a single design can be used for multiple purposes is an important element in controlling consumption.