	US 12,000,204 B2
	Dynamic facade system for controlling shading
Stefano Mariani, Muggio′ (IT); Alain Boldini, Brooklyn, NY (US); Andrea Pilla, London (GB); Matilde Tavanti, London (GB); and Marco Colangelo, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to POLITECNICO DI MILANO, Milan (IT)
Appl. No. 17/615,319
Filed by POLITECNICO DI MILANO, Milan (IT)
PCT Filed May 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/055021 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/240433, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000007635 (IT), filed on May 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0220797 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. E04B 1/343 (2006.01); E06B 3/67 (2006.01); E06B 9/24 (2006.01)

CPC E06B 3/6722 (2013.01) [E06B 9/24 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2417 (2013.01); E06B 2009/247 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2482 (2013.01)]

9 Claims

1. A dynamic facade system for controlling shading, characterized in that said facade system comprises a block (30) composed of an outer glass panel (31), an intermediate framework (32) inside which a series of steel cables (33) are fixed, and an inner framework (34) that incorporates an inner glass panel (35); said outer glass panel (31), said intermediate framework (32) and said inner framework (34) being joined to one another: said system comprises modules (10) fixed on said cables (33); said modules (10) comprise a first outer structure (12); said first outer structure (12) comprises a frame-shaped square base (15) and at least one first wing (16); said at least one first wing (16) is movably connected to said frame-shaped square base (15) by means of a first hinge (20); characterized in that said first hinge (20) is made with a shape memory element with passive configuration.