Material Design : : Informing Architecture by Materiality /

Material Design : : Informing Architecture by Materiality / / Thomas Schröpfer.

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 her...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Architecture, Design and Arts 2000 - 2014
VerfasserIn:
Schröpfer, Thomas,
MitwirkendeR:
Carpenter, James,
Fowler, Justin,
Kennedy, Sheila,
Lovett, Elizabeth,
Margolis, Liat,
Mori, Toshiko,
Schröpfer, Thomas,
Tehrani, Nader,
Viray, Erwin,
Yeadon, Peter,
TeilnehmendeR:
Carpenter, James.
Kennedy, Sheila.
Margolis, Liat.
Mori, Toshiko.
Tehrani, Nader.
Yeadon, Peter.
Place / Publishing House:Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2012]
©2011
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Why Material Design?
  • The Alternative Approach: Observation, Speculation, Experimentation
  • Difficult Synthesis
  • Aggregation
  • Joints and Junctions
  • Weaving: the Tectonics of Textiles
  • Modulation: Transformation by Shaping and Texturing
  • Capturing the Ephemeral
  • Responsive Materials
  • Materializations of Nanotechnology in Architecture
  • Encoding Digital & Analogue Taxonavigation
  • The Future of Material Design
  • Appendix

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