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PENTAGON MEMORIAL [Stainless_Steel _Casting+CNCtech]

December 14, 2012by kmata01 Leave a comment

Project: Pentagon Memorial, Arlington, VA US Architect/Designer: KBAS Studio Sources: http://www.kbas-studio.com Featured material:  Stainless Steel The pentagon memorial required the collaboration of a network of disciplines from melting, pouring, and […]

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Concrete, Light, Metal

Draw on the (Parabolic) Wall

December 14, 2012by ktkngs Leave a comment

Precedent: Winery Gantenbein (2006) Architects: Gramazio & Kohler, Bearth & Deplazes Architekten Location: Fläsch, Switzerland Process: This project uses a robotic arm to precisely place 20,000 bricks according to programmed […]

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Mineral

Festivus! For Architects and the Rest of Us!

Featuredby Reenie McCormick Leave a comment

As the snow fell today in Minneapolis, Christmas music and lights began to surround me. Yes, it’s that wonderful time of the year when it’s okay to eat an extra […]

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Light

Dynamic Technology and the Human Experience

November 16, 2012by Reenie McCormick 2 Comments

Technology today has continued to drive design, namely in the way we create space. This may happen in the production of the materials to make the space. It may happen […]

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Living, Uncategorized

PORSCHE@AUTOSTADT [Concrete_Metal?]

November 10, 2012by kmata01 1 Comment

PORSCHE@AUTOSTADT [Metal_Concrete?] Project: Porsche Pavilion @ Autostadt in Wolfsburg Architect/Designer: Henn Architekten Sources: http://studio-b.org/ Featured material:  Metal At first glance, the Porsche Pavilion designed by Henn Architekten might appear to […]

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Concrete, Light, Metal

New Aesthetic: The Digital / Physical Threshold

October 26, 2012by roberthholley 1 Comment

What would it look like if our digital world began to cross over into our physical world? What form would it take and what would it do? How would we […]

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Cloud9 – Media-Tic

September 29, 2012by frand020 Leave a comment

United Nations Environmental Program’s (UNEP) statistics from the Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative indicate that the building sector contributes up to 30% of our global annual green house gas emissions […]

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Light, Metal, Plastic

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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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