Materials Driven Architectural Design and Representation

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Abstract

This paper aims to outline a framework for a deeper connection between experimentally obtained material knowledge and architectural design.
While materials and architecture in the process of realisation are tightly connected, architectural design and representation are often distanced from the material domain in which the construction eventually will happen. In many cases, it can seem that materials play the role of a selection of building blocks from which a determined architectural vision or representation are tried to be build.
Research in materials, materials behaviour and new materials are often quite technical and oriented towards the field of engineering. Often cost, efficiency, optimisation and specific functional properties are the driving forces in material research. While this is extremely relevant in relation to new building strategies, material research can potentially also play another role in relation to architectural production. It is, in this paper, the intention to point at material research as an active initiator in explorative approaches to architectural design
methods and architectural representation.
This paper will point at the inclusion of tangible and experimental material research in the early phases of architectural design and to that of the architectural set of tools and representation. The paper will through use of existing research and the author’s own material research and practice suggest a way of using a combination of digital drawing, digital fabrication and material experiments to take advantage of experiential, material knowledge in the creation of architectural ideas and design.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTangible Means : Experiential Knowledge Through Materials
Number of pages12
Publication dateNov 2015
Pages225-236
ISBN (Print)978-87-90775-90-2
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2015
EventEksig 2015 : Tangible Means - experiential knowledge through materials - Kolding, Denmark
Duration: 25 Nov 201526 Nov 2015
Conference number: 4

Conference

ConferenceEksig 2015
Number4
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityKolding
Period25/11/201526/11/2015

Artistic research

  • No
  • Eksig 2015

    Anders Kruse Aagaard (Speaker)

    25 Nov 201526 Nov 2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event Participation in workshop, seminar, course

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