Week 6

Lecture

“Material Expression and Self-Formation”

• What is material computation?
• Can computational design control Material self-formation?
• A Material Machine?
• Can robotic fabrication turn a heap into architecture?

Research and Projects mentioned in the lecture

• The Foam
• Procedural Landscapes
• Procedural Landscapes II
• Remote Material Deposition
• Remote Material Deposition Installation
• Jammed Architectural Structures
• Rock Print Pavilion

Procedural Landscapes. GKR, ETH Zurich, 2011

Exercise

Grasshopper IV - Conditionals

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