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The Materiality of Architecture (Hardcover)
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The Materiality of Architecture (Hardcover)
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A new paradigm combining architectural tradition with emerging
technologies Digital tools have launched architecture into a
dizzying new era, one in which wood, stone, metal, glass, and other
traditional materials are augmented by pixels and code. In this
ambitious exploration, an eminent thinker examines what, exactly,
the building blocks of architecture have meant over the centuries
and how technology may-or may not-be changing how we think about
them. Antoine Picon argues that materiality is not only about
matter and that the silence and inscrutability-the otherness-of raw
materials work against humanity's need to live in a meaningful
world. He describes how people define who they are, in part,
through their specific physical experience of architectural
materials and spaces. Indeed, Picon asserts, the entire paradox of
the architectural discipline consists in its desire to render
matter expressive to human beings. Through a retrospective review
of canonical moments in Western European architecture, Picon offers
an original perspective on the ways materiality has varied
throughout centuries, demonstrating how experiences of the physical
world have changed in relation to the evolution of human
subjectivity. Ultimately, Picon concludes that computer-based
design methods are not an abrupt departure from previous
architectural traditions but rather a new way for architects to
control material resources. The result reinforces the fundamentally
humanistic nature of architectural endeavor with an increasing
sense of design freedom and a release from material constraint in
the digital era.
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