
Material Design
Informing Architecture by Materiality
Thomas Schröpfer(Author)
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
1st Edition
Published on 26. October 2010
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-3-0346-0035-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
250 farbige Abbildungen, 50 s/w Abbildungen
50 b/w and 250 col. ill.
Dimensions
Height: 30 cm
Width: 23 cm
Weight
1200 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-0346-0035-4 (9783034600354)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
12/2012
1st Edition
Birkhäuser
€29.95
Available for download
Persons
Thomas Schröpfer, Singapore University of Technology and Design SUTD, Singapur.
Author
ISNI: 0000 0001 1887 3887 GND: 172960797
Contributions
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Content
Table of Contents The Alternative Approach: Observation, Speculation, Experimentation Difficult Synthesis Aggregation Joints and Junctions Weaving Modulation Responsive Materials Ephemeral Phenomena Encoding The Future of Material Design