Information Materials Smart Materials for Adaptive Architecture /

This book considers the potential of new, smart materials and their use in architecture. It begins with an overview of current global tendencies (technological, demographic, and socio-anthropological) and their relevance for architectural design. Expanding upon approaches for flexible design solutio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kretzer, Manuel (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Subjects:
Building materials.
Architecture.
Buildings.
Buildings > Design and construction.
Technical education.
Structural Materials.
Building Types and Functions.
Building Construction and Design.
Building Materials.
Engineering and Technology Education.
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Table of Contents:
  • Current Global Challenges, the Concept of Adaptive Architecture, and the Possibilities of Information Materials
  • The Ever-Changing Nature of Materiality and the Meaning of Materials in Architecture and Construction
  • Materiability - An Attempt for the Education of an Information Material Literacy in Respect to Emerging Materials
  • A Selection of Emerging Information Materials, their Properties, Fabrication, and Application in Speculative Spatial Installations
  • Towards a New Softness.

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