Informing Material Specification

Architecture is entering a radical rethinking of its
material practice. Advancements in material science
and more complex models of material simulation as
well as the interfaces between design and fabrication
are fundamentally changing the way we conceive
and design our built environment. This new technological platform allows an unprecedented control
over the material. Creating direct links between the
space of design and the space of fabrication, the
idea of the hyper specified material developed in direct response to defined design criteria calls upon a
new material practice in which designers of artifacts
are also designers of materials. In this practice materials are seen as bespoke composites, differentiated and graded, and whose particular detailing is a
central part of a projects overall solution.