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Material design : informing architecture by materiality /

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schropfer, Thomas.
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Carpenter, James; Kennedy, Sheila.; Margolis, Liat; Mori, Toshiko.; Tehrani, Nader; Yeadon, Peter.
Published: Birkh user,
Publisher Address: Basel :
Publication Dates: [2012]
©2011
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Architecture > Designs and plans.
Architecture, Modern > 20th century.
Architecture, Modern > 21st century.
Building materials.
Digital.
Material Design.
Material.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783034611664
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Summary: An innovative approach at the world of material performances, operations, and strategies in architectural design
Entwurfsstrategien f r den architekturbezogenen Einsatz von neuen Materialien
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(192pages)
ISBN: 9783034611664
Index Number: NA2750
CLC: TU2
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Why Material Design?: Foreword --
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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