Architecture can be characterized as static, and built objects are kept in an unmoved state. This manual highlights the exception in this theory: Kinetic architecture introduces MOVEMENT. It reacts to the active elements around it: AIR FLOW, HEAT, LIGHT and its users. Although the concepts of moving parts in architecture are not all new, as we have been using windows and doors for centuries, modern kinetic facades bring these ideas to a higher level. Active parts are bigger, more complex in
shape, and have more intricate motion patterns. Also, the choices made in the built realisation, such as materials used, and technologies implemented can add
special characteristics to the elements in motion.
