The Cocoon for the Building

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“At night all screens fold, allowing more of the facade.” “As the sun rises in the morning in the east, the mashrabiya along this side of the building will begin to close, and when the sun moves around the building, all vertical strip mashrabiya move with the sun, “says Ether Oborn, VP of Aedas, and one of the project architects.
The whole system is protected by a variety of sensors that open the units in case conditions change, or raise to cloud winds.