Building materials: material theory and the architectural specification

"At a time of unprecedented levels of change in the production of building materials and their deployment in construction, better theoretical and historical tools are needed to understand these new developments and how they are altering the practices and concepts of architecture. Building Mater...

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1. Verfasser: Thomas, Katie Lloyd (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London [England] Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2022
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:"At a time of unprecedented levels of change in the production of building materials and their deployment in construction, better theoretical and historical tools are needed to understand these new developments and how they are altering the practices and concepts of architecture. Building Materials offers a radical rethink of how materials, as they are constituted in architectural practice, are themselves constructed and, in turn, uncovers a vast and neglected resource of architectural writing about materials as they are mobilised in architecture. The book is unique in conceiving architectural specification as a starting point for architectural theory, arguing that how materials are prescribed - through a range of practices from the literal processes of procurement and manufacture to epistemological, contractual, social and economic frameworks - radically alters their potential in architecture. Drawing on rare archival material from the work of French philosopher Gilbert Simondon the book reveals why materials do not pre-exist their shaping or use in the world, but come into being through the processes that constitute them. The book addresses three distinct methods of specification each through the lens of a different material ? 'naming' through timber, 'process-based' through concrete, and 'performance specification through' glass ? in turn revealing how the process of architectural specification (or 'Preliminary Operations' as Simondon puts it) allows for development of specific relationships between material and function."--
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 204 Seiten)
ISBN:9781350176256
DOI:10.5040/9781350176256

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