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Le Corbusier compared the functioning of buildings to the machine. Why do not consider the cladding of the building as a (well supplied with blood) skin. All the mamals use a system of blood vessels to keep appropriate temperatureof their bodies. Maybe we can metabolize our buildings in the way animals do it. So...let’s imagine a building with a structure full of small pores-pipes at the outer surface, regulating temperature inside. Each hole will be a part of a coherent system of connected pipes. By putting and densifying pipes on the proper side we can build a very effective system.
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