Material Design
Event details
| Date | 23.04.2009 |
| Hour | 18:30 |
| Speaker | Thomas Schroepfer, Associate Professor, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design |
| Location |
Archizoom (SG 1212)
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract:
Over the last ten years, designers throughout the world have developed a strong interest in the study and innovative exploration of the use of materials. Material Design explores the possibility of informing architecture based on a new taxonomy of materials. At the core of this approach lies an investigation that emphasizes a tactile and sensorial immediacy of physical artifacts, while establishing an abstract exploration of their potential sans project or program constraints. The approach discussed in Material Design acknowledges the complex interplay of material properties, performances, operations, and strategies on the basis of a number of key concepts such as "aggregation" and "modulation" that transcend currently established material categories and potentially 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.
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Practical information
- General public
- Free
Contact
- Cyril Veillon