The Solar Window

Kamakanikaiaulu Chong-Enos and Kamakanikaiaulu Chong-Enos

Project Brief: The solar window uses technologies such as memory alloy. Memory alloy is a type of metal that is powered solely by the sun. Although using memory alloy for the whole window would be a bad idea because it would make the inside of the house extremely hot, so to counteract that the majority of the window would be made up of blind like material but would be powered by small amounts of shape memory alloy which would manipulate the shape of the blinds. The idea of this project is to make the user as comfortable as possible throughout the day. The blinds would be shaped like a fish's scales to create a unique experience for the user. Keeping the room cool as well as creating a unique light pattern within the room.