Informed Consent in Contemporary Construction
by Erin Ota (MDes ’17) According to Salmaan Craig, the first time synthetic materials were invented…
Topic Materials
Material Processes and Systems Group installs pavilion at 2017 Cevisama
The annual Cevisama fair is the largest exhibition of ceramics and terracotta in the world,…
Designing Planes and Seams
Designing Planes and Seams focuses on the relationship of flat or planar materials and the seaming and construction necessary for creating expressive three-dimensional form. Focusing on the pattern pieces of iconic historic designs, the dressing of the contours of the body is represented by examples…
Sensible Concrete with Optical Fiber: Application with Light, Force and Data Transmissions
by Yuan Gao (MArch ’17) Concrete is traditionally treated as a material primarily for load-bearing…
Go Hasegawa, “Amplitude in the Experience of Space”
Rescheduled from February 9. “Architectural spaces can take away or awaken abilities and sensations…
Computational Craft: Construction of Carbon-fiber Composites
by Tiffany Cheng (MDes ’16) How can new technologies enable carbon fiber to be pushed…
Matter Adaptation: Martina Decker
Nanotechnology has a crucial role in the development of emergent materials and technologies and has…
Kengo Kuma, “From Concrete to Wood: Why Wood Matters”
The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami shattered coastal cities in Japan in 2011. Kengo Kuma,…
Material Performance: Fibrous Tectonics & Architectural Morphology
In biology, most load-bearing structures are fibrous systems. These natural composites share their fundamental characteristics…
The Littleton Trials
by David Kennedy (MDes ’16), Jacob Mans (MDes ’16), and Benjamin Peek (MDes ’16)—Recipient of the…