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Book SynopsisWithin the human-machine collaborations cultivated in the digital age, crafts and materials are playing an increasingly important role in forming various ways of matter aggregation for architecture. Based on the pedagogical exploration of the design studio—Matter Aggregation at UVA, the book seeks new values of wood craft for contemporary architectural design, by introducing digital design and robotic fabrication techniques into the design process for timber building. The book integrates explorations of traditional crafts with digital fabrication technique, establishing a digital crafting as a new field for contemporary practice. The book explores the computational mechanisms and diagrammatic grammar within these craft-based aggregation systems, paying close attention to geometrical configurations, material effects and fabrication details and take advantage of these qualities to produce a unique spatiality.
Table of ContentsPREFACE COMPUTATIONAL TECTONICS AND OTHER MATERIAL MATTERS Ila Berman INTRODUCTION MATTER AGGREGATION A Posthumanist View on Matter and Materiality Philip F. Yuan ESSAYS MATTER AGGREGATION AS GROWTH Lucia Phinney DIGITAL CRAFTS Rethinking Tools in Digital Design and Pedagogy Chao Yan PEDAGOGY PRECEDENTIAL RESEARCH SELECTED BUILDING PROJECTS PROJECT 01 Matter Iteration / Prototype Study Matter Performance / Structural Optimization Matter Sensibility / Full-Scale Fabrication PROJECT 02 Matter Iteration / Prototype Study Matter Performance / Structural Optimization Matter Sensibility / Full-Scale Fabrication PROJECT 03 Matter Iteration / Prototype Study Matter Performance / Structural Optimization Matter Sensibility / Full-Scale Fabrication WORKING PROCESS AND FINAL REVIEW MATTER AGGREGATION @ UABB 2019
