Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality

Thomas Schröpfer

Published by Birkhäuser 2011

Material Design

Informing Architecture by Materiality

Thomas Schröpfer
With contributions by: James Carpenter , Sheila Kennedy , Liat Margolis , Toshiko Mori , Nader Tehrani and Peter Yeadon

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783034611664

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About this book

An innovative approach at the world of material performances, operations, and strategies in architectural design

The approach of "Informing Architecture by Materiality" opens the way to an innovative use of materials in the design professions. Taking material qualities and properties such as texture, elasticity, transparency and fluidity as a point of departure, the concept described and employed here transcends the conventional definitions of building materials. Instead, the focus is on a multitude of material operations, like folding and bending, carving and cutting, weaving and knitting, mirroring and screening.

The featured design strategies and methods address established and "new" materials alike. They are applied both to the scale of the detail and the entire building. The examples comprise prototype structures as well as large building projects.

Eight chapters deal with surfaces and layers, joints and juctions, weaving and texturing, nanoscale transformations, responsiveness, the integration of ephemeral factors like wind and light as well as material collections providing professional resources. Written by renowned experts in this field, the book features many examples from international contemporary architecture.

The introductory part provides the conceptual background, while a final chapter describes consequences for pressing issues of today, like sustainability or life cycle assessment.

An innovative design approach to materials: a major subject in architecture today
With contributions by James Carpenter, Sheila Kennedy, Liat Margolis, Toshiko Mori, Nader Tehrani, Peter Yeadon, and a foreword by Erwin Viray

Author / Editor information

Thomas Schröpfer is Associate Professor and Programme Director of Architecture at Singapore University of Technology and Design SUTD. James Carpenter is principal of James Carpenter Design Associates in New York. Sheila Kennedy is principal of Kennedy & Violich Architecture in Boston and teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Toshiko Mori is principal of Toshiko Mori Architect in New York and teaches at the Hardvard University Graduate School of Design. Liat Margolis is a landscape architect and teaches at the John Daniels Architecture School of the University of Toronto. Nader Tehrani is principal of Office dA in Boston and Head of the Department of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Peter Yeadon is principal of Decker Yeadon in New York and teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design. Erwin Viray is an architect and teaches at the National University of Singapore

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Why Material Design? Foreword Erwin Viray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
The Alternative Approach: Observation, Speculation, Experimentation Thomas Schröpfer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
Difficult Synthesis Nader Tehrani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Aggregation Nader Tehrani and Justin Fowler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
Joints and Junctions Thomas Schröpfer and Elizabeth Lovett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Weaving: the Tectonics of Textiles Toshiko Mori Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
Modulation: Transformation by Shaping and Texturing Thomas Schröpfer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Capturing the Ephemeral James Carpenter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
Responsive Materials Sheila Kennedy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Materializations of Nanotechnology in Architecture Peter Yeadon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Encoding Digital & Analogue Taxonavigation Liat Margolis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
The Future of Material Design Thomas Schröpfer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Professional/practitioner
Pages
- Main content: 192
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 50
- Coloured Illustrations: 250
Keywords: Digital; Material; Material Design

eBook

Published: December 13, 2012
ISBN: 9783034611664

Hardcover

Published: October 26, 2010
ISBN: 9783034600354