ABSTRACT
For a few decades, by the development of technology and change of life styles, concepts of flexibility, mobility and adaptability have gained importance in all parts of our lives. In order to catch the demands of the era, the fields of architecture and structural engineering have been evolved and many buildings with adaptive structures, walls, façade systems and furniture have been designed. In order to design these adaptive elements and structures, an interdisciplinary approach between architecture, mechanical engineering and structural engineering is needed. However, conventional architecture and structural engineering educations do not focus on this interdisciplinary area. This paper emphasizes this deficiency and aims to expose how expertise on mechanisms could contribute to an architect; how an architect could inspire from common mechanisms while designing an adaptive system; and what kind of design principles mechanisms have.
