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material as more than architecture

December 14, 2012by joha0203 Leave a comment

Several days ago, I stumbled across a manifesto by Bruce Mau – no, not the “Incomplete Manifesto” but rather, one written for Icon Magazine1 in 2007. In it, Mau makes […]

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Bone Architecture

December 7, 2012by joha0203 Leave a comment

In 1786, behind a procession of chanting priests, began a parade of black-covered bone-laden horse-drawn wagons that continued for years.1 The transfer and exhumation of all Paris’ dead to the […]

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Bubble Architecture

November 30, 2012by joha0203 Leave a comment

  As kids, making and chasing bubbles was a source of great entertainment. For some of us adults, it may still be. In architecture, the idea of bubbles has inspired […]

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Soft Kill Option

November 30, 2012by joha0203 Leave a comment

In the creation of any type of structure, there is an energy cost required to produce and maintain the materials that make up that structure. In the natural world, energy […]

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Microcontrollers as Material

November 15, 2012by joha0203 Leave a comment

This week in studio we were given a tutorial on Arduino, an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and […]

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Solid Fabric

November 11, 2012by joha0203 1 Comment

A change in physical state of a material can have powerful implications for architecture. It can also have a powerful impact on the mind. The process of creating solid materials […]

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Microbial Materials

November 4, 2012by joha0203 Leave a comment

It is common practice for architects and builders to think and treat building materials as if they are static and dead: In a literal sense, this is accurate – though, […]

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Pattern or Purity: Organized Chaos in Material Application

October 26, 2012by joha0203 Leave a comment

The bio-inspired studio I’m currently in is providing much food for thought in terms of materials in architecture. The more I learn, the more it is clear that nature has […]

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A Printed Future?

October 18, 2012by joha0203 Leave a comment

Often, as designers, what we are able to dream up in the digital realm pushes the boundaries of what is achievable in the physical world. Through such expansive thinking, we […]

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Material Interrogation: UK Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010

October 12, 2012by joha0203 Leave a comment

Heatherwick studio is a design firm that clearly has an interest in making architecture that involves the user in a physically interactive way.  From their Rolling Bridge, to their Longchamp […]

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Digital Wood

October 5, 2012by joha0203 Leave a comment

Brick, Concrete, Steel, Stone, Wood. Of these commonly used building materials, wood is the only one that was a living thing directly prior to its use in a building. Embedded […]

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Wood

Bubble Deck

September 27, 2012by joha0203 Leave a comment

Concrete is a material that is both old and new at the same time. Invented in its first form by the Romans, concrete continues to be highly innovated on today, […]

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Concrete, Plastic

Create Your Own Tools: Innovation Through a Product Line

September 21, 2012by joha0203 Leave a comment

Olson Kundig Architects make architecture “that celebrates the moments when people become kinetically involved with the buildings and spaces they inhabit.”1 Through cranks, pulleys, levers, slides, and other manually operated […]

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Metal

Materials at Room Temp.

September 21, 2012by joha0203 Leave a comment

Recent discussions in a Bio Inspired design studio have reminded me of a material topic I have been enthused by since I discovered its existence. I’d like to use this […]

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Biomaterials, Mineral

Material Focus. San Telmo Museum Expansion by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos

September 13, 2012by joha0203 Leave a comment

The original San Telmo Museum building, a Dominican convent built in the 16th century, is the result of a long process of successive modifications that have partially altered its physical […]

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Metal

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Course

ARCH 5541
Material Strategies
University of Minnesota School of Architecture
Fall 2012

Location and Time

35 Rapson Hall
Mondays 9:45 am—12:30 pm

Instructor

Blaine Brownell
Assistant Professor
Rapson Hall 151P
612.626.1040
brownell@umn.edu
Office Hours:
Tuesdays and Thursdays
11:00 am­—12:00 pm
or by appointment

Source Text

Blaine Brownell, Material Strategies: Innovative Applications in Architecture (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012)

Syllabus

Download the complete course syllabus for print here.

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