Material variance
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Raw building materials are inherently variable. This variability shapes global supply chains, labor relations, infrastructure?, and trade networks. And yet, within the context of building design, materials are often treated as static commodities. Material Variance resists this perception, unfolding instead a framework for designing through and with living matter that is(...)
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$39.95
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Summary:
Raw building materials are inherently variable. This variability shapes global supply chains, labor relations, infrastructure?, and trade networks. And yet, within the context of building design, materials are often treated as static commodities. Material Variance resists this perception, unfolding instead a framework for designing through and with living matter that is uncertain, messy, and dynamic. The book insists on materials not as passive inputs but as unruly agents, shaped by and shaping the political, ecological, and cultural processes around them. Convening material researchers, building scientists, architects, and artists, "Material Variance" aims to collectively expand architecture and design’s material lexicon and unsettle its disciplinary boundaries.
Materials and Lighting