ABSTRACT
Our capabilities of utilising kinetics in architecture today can be extended far beyond what has previously been possible. Advancement will only be accomplished when kinetic structures are addressed, not independently, but as an integral component of larger systems and take advantage of today’s constantly expanding and far-reaching technology. In order to achieve this the use of advanced computational design tools, materials development and embedded computation will be required: developments that are grounded in science fact, not science fiction. The irony is that from an architectural standpoint this field is in its infancy. Although in terms of general technological advance, this field is not based on revolution but on evolution, its end cannot be predicted outside the parameters of political and economical entanglement.
