Grigoriadis, K;
(2022)
Computational and conceptual blends: Material considerations and agency in a multi-material design workflow.
Frontiers of Architectural Research
10.1016/j.foar.2022.04.005.
(In press).
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Abstract
The assimilation of functionally graded (or multi-) materials into architecture is deemed to enable the rethinking of current architectural design practice and bring back material considerations at the heart of the early design process. In response, the paper outlines a functionally graded material (FGM) design workflow that departs from standard early-stage CAD, which is typically performed via computer elements devoid of materiality. It then analyses this workflow from a theoretical perspective, namely through Edwin Hutchins' materially anchored conceptual blending, Lambros Malafouris' Material Engagement Theory (MET) and John Searle's concepts of intentionality. The aim is to demonstrate that due to the superimposition of material considerations that precede and succeed the CAD operation, working with material-less entities during early-stage FGM design is not logically sustainable. Additionally, multi-materiality allows for the questioning of authorship in the design process and leads to a repositioning of agency from the subject to the locus of engagement with digital materials and their affordances.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Computational and conceptual blends: Material considerations and agency in a multi-material design workflow |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.foar.2022.04.005 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2022.04.005 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 Higher Education Press Limited Company. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Digital design; Multi-materials; Computer simulation; Material agency; Materially anchored conceptual blends |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10149259 |
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