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SUMMARY:Material Design
DTSTART:20090423T183000
DTSTAMP:20260407T101135Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Thomas Schroepfer\, Associate Professor\, Harvard University\,
  Graduate School of Design\nAbstract:\nOver the last ten years\, designers
  throughout the world have developed a strong interest in the study and in
 novative exploration of the use of materials. Material Design explores the
  possibility of informing architecture based on a new taxonomy of material
 s. At the core of this approach lies an investigation that emphasizes a ta
 ctile and sensorial immediacy of physical artifacts\, while establishing a
 n abstract exploration of their potential sans project or program constrai
 nts. The approach discussed in Material Design acknowledges the complex in
 terplay of material properties\, performances\, operations\, and strategie
 s on the basis of a number of key concepts such as "aggregation" and "modu
 lation" that transcend currently established material categories and poten
 tially offer a much richer basis for exploration. Material Design further 
 discusses the larger framework within which these explorations take place 
 and speculates about their future.
LOCATION:Archizoom (SG 1212)
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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