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Material Synthesis - Fusing the Physical and the Computational AD (Paperback)
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Material Synthesis: Fusing the Physical and the Computational
Guest-edited by Achim Menges A new understanding of the material in
architecture is fast emerging. Designers are no longer conceiving
of the digital realm as separate from the physical world. Instead
computation is being regarded as the key interface for material
exploration and vice versa. This represents a significant
perceptual shift in which the materiality of architecture is no
longer seen to be a fixed property and passive receptor of form,
but is transformed into an active generator of design and an
adaptive agent of architectural performance. In stark contrast to
previous linear and mechanistic modes of fabrication and
construction, materialisation is now beginning to coexist with
design as explorative robotic processes. This represents a radical
departure from both the trite modernist emphasis on 'truth to
materials' and the dismissal of materials by the previous
generation of digital architects. The issue features designers,
researchers and thinkers that are at the forefront of exploring new
modes of material enquiry and its deep interrelationship with
technology, biology and culture. Through their work, which unfolds
from multifaceted alliances between the fields of design,
engineering and natural sciences, it seeks to trace the emergence
of a novel material culture in architecture. * Architectural and
engineering contributors include: Sean Ahlquist, Martin Bechthold,
Philippe Block, Karola Dierichs, Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, Neri
Oxman, Steffen Reichert and Tobias Schwinn. * Scientific and
philosophical perspectives provided by: Mario Carpo, Manuel De
Landa, Neil Gershenfeld and Thomas Speck. * Features the design
research of: Harvard's Material Processes and Systems Group, MIT's
Mediated Matter Group and Stuttgart University's Institute for
Computational Design.
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