Architectural Technology – Nanotechnology: A Science Impacting Architectural Design

I saw this blog on the Sensing Architecture site and thought what a good article, it has much of my thoughts on Nanotechnology and Architecture. But the interesting side line is the paper NanoBioBuilding: Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, and the Future of Building by Dr. George Elvin, I have been searching for this paper, and as soon as I find it I will Post links but the comments on Sensing Architecture are so right:

states that “architects and other designers will become increasingly ignorant of the composition and consequences of the materials they use.” He explains that some designers are familiar with “self-cleaning windows” and “smog-eating concrete”, but only a handful of designers could state that titanium dioxide nanoparticles are responsible for these behavioral materials.(1) This is why it is so important for designers to keep informed of scientific developments.

This is why we must as Technologists understand this science as best we can, we are specifying the materials we should know why.

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