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ascaad2021_114 |
| authors |
Houda, Maryam |
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2021 |
| title |
Materiality: Linking a Digital Material Framework with the Anthropological Hand |
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Abdelmohsen, S, El-Khouly, T, Mallasi, Z and Bennadji, A (eds.), Architecture in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: Transformations and Challenges [9th ASCAAD Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-907349-20-1] Cairo (Egypt) [Virtual Conference] 2-4 March 2021, pp. 568-580 |
| summary |
While computers and digital technology have evolved over the years and are changing the way we design and construct, some have criticized the way in which human tactility and intuition with material has diminished at the cost of increasing productivity and efficiency. Although the digital culture that architecture is engaged with today has brought about complex forms that could not have been possible by hand, there is a rising question of the place of craft and a hand-brain coordination in design, and the notion of learning through making. This paper explores the benefits and limitations of digital design tools in light of physically exploring building materials and gaining tactile intuition. While digital tools investigate structural optimisation methods using a parametric design workflow, physical experiments deal with understanding the transitional state of mud and its dynamic properties. This research is interested in how information is learnt from materiality during the physical act of making and what tactile experimentation can offer that the digital space cannot. Three key areas are explored: geometry and parametric variation, material properties and morphogenic behavior, as well as structural optimization methods using density grids. Force-matter relations are investigated through exploring material parameters through digital and physical form-finding processes as a way of exploring the notion of re-introducing the hand and craft in the design process which may bring about novel ways of thinking and doing. |
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