Awning windows

Series Index of Window Sounds and Movements

12 Dec 2023

Keywords: Architecture; Design; Videos

Awning windows have a horizontal rotational axis along the top of the frame and are opened by being pushed outwards. The glass surface acts as an awning, keeping rain from being blown inside. Some are equipped with stoppers that prevent them from being opened too far as a security measure.

Index of Window Sounds and Movements
The Index of Window Sounds and Movements is a project to observe and extract the sounds and movements of operable windows in order to understand how we perceive windows with our ears and eyes. This is the first research project of Window Products Inside, and it is being conducted as a collaboration between product designer Yoh Komiyama and the Window Research Institute, with videography by Tomohiro Okazaki.

Window Products Inside
Windows Products Inside is a research project initiated by product designer Yoh Komiyama. By extracting and redefining the various meanings that are implicit to the window as an object, the project hopes to uncover what is needed so that windows can create a diversity of new lifestyles, cultures, and new customs.
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