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Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality
Thomas Schröpfer
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Description for Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Approx. 192 p. 250 illus. in color, 50 in b/w. BIC Classification: AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1200.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Birkhauser
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, Switzerland
ISBN
9783034600354
SKU
V9783034600354
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About Thomas Schröpfer
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 ... Read more
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