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MATERIALITY AND ARCHITECTURE

Once regarded a secondary consideration, in recent years materiality has emerged as a powerful concept in architectural discourse and practice. Prompted in part by developments in digital fabrication and digital science, the impact of materiality on design and practice is being widely reassessed and reimagined.

Materiality and Architecture extends architectural thinking beyond the confines of current design literatures to explore conceptions of materiality across the field of architecture. Sixteen international contributors elucidate the problems and possibilities of materiality-based approaches in architecture from interdisciplinary perspectives. The book includes contributions from the professions of architecture, art, architectural history, theory and philosophy, including essays from Gernot Bhme, Jonathan Hill and Philip Ursprung.

Important immaterial aspects such as presentation, agency, ecology and concept are examined, deepening our understanding of materialitys role in architectural processes, the production of cultural identities, the pursuit of political agendas, and the staging of everyday environments and atmospheres. In-depth illustrated case studies examine works by Herzog & de Meuron, Zaha Hadid, and Lacaton & Vassal, interspersed with visual essays and interviews with architects such as MVRDV providing a direct connection to practice. Materiality and Architecture is an important read for researchers and students with an interest in architectural theory and related fields such as art, art history, or visual and cultural studies.

Sandra Karina Lschke is an architect and Director of Architecture Design and Technology at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research investigates links between material aesthetics and technology in architecture and unfolds across architectural history and theory, and design research. Her architectural work has been exhibited internationally at the Venice Architecture Biennale and exhibitions in Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Sydney. She studied architecture at the Bartlett/UCL, the Architectural Association London and UNSW Australia.

MATERIALITY AND ARCHITECTURE

Edited by Sandra Karina Lschke

First published 2016

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Names: Lschke, Sandra Karina, editor.Title: Materiality and architecture / Edited by Sandra Karina Loschke.Description: New York : Routledge, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.Identifiers: LCCN 2015039800| ISBN 9781138840645 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781138840652 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781315732732 (ebook)Subjects: LCSH: Architecture--Philosophy.

Classification: LCC NA2500 .M375 2016 | DDC 720.1--dc23LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015039800

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CONTENTS

Sandra Karina Lschke

Philip Ursprung

Sandra Karina Lschke

Gernot Bhme, translated by Anna-Christina Engels-Schwarzpaul

Gevork Hartoonian

Andr Blanger and Anne Bordeleau

Dijana Ali

Matthias Ludwig

Jonathan Hill

Sandra Karina Lschke: An interview with Melanie Smith

Sophia Psarra

Ferdinand Ludwig

Matthew Mindrup

Michael Tawa

Sandra Karina Lschke: An interview with Jacob van Rijs of MVRDV and Moritz Mungenast

I would like to thank the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney for financial support. I would also like to express my gratitude to Anna-Christina Engels-Schwarzpaul for her translation of Gernot Bhmes essay, Ross Anderson for his commentary on the translation, and Jennifer Barrett, Cameron Logan and Judy Horne of the University of Sydneys Museum and Heritage Studies Group for their commentary.

Sandra Karina Lschke is an architect and Director of Architecture Design and Technology at the University of Sydney. Her research investigates links between material aesthetics and technology in architecture and unfolds across architectural history and theory, and design research. Her architectural work has been exhibited internationally at the Venice Architecture Biennale and exhibitions in Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Sydney. She studied architecture at the Bartlett/University College London, the Architectural Association London and the University of New South Wales.

Dijana Ali is a senior lecturer and the Master of Architecture program coordinator at the Australian School of Architecture and Design, University of New South Wales, Sydney. She holds an undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Sarajevo, and a Master of Architecture (by research) and a PhD from the University of New South Wales. Dijana is particularly interested in the relationship between architecture and socio-political contexts. This research focus has underpinned her investigations into the cultural and architectural histories of ethnic spaces in suburban Sydney. Originally from Sarajevo, Dijana has written extensively on war and architecture, and the relationship between modernity and national expression in architecture in the context of the socialist (communist) political agendas of post-World War II Eastern Europe. She has published in international journals such as the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (JSAH), Centropa, Open House International and Fabrications.

Andr Blanger is professor of law at Universit Laval, Qubec City. His research and publications establish links between contract theory and anthropology, contemporary art, linguistics, statistics, literary theory, philosophy, sociology and architectural theory. He recently published a collection of essays under the title Thorisations sur le droit des contrats: propositions exploratoires (PUL, 2014).

Anne Bordeleau is an architect and associate professor at the School of Architecture of the University of Waterloo (Canada). She holds a professional degree in architecture, a post-professional Masters in the history and theory of architecture (McGill University), and a PhD in Architecture (Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, UCL). Her research revolves about the complex interplays between architecture and time, and her writings around this topic have appeared in numerous international journals and edited books. In