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Modelmaking in architectural space production : studio interactions in the material and the digital realm

Moustaka, A

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This paper will question and reposition what traditional model making practices in architectural education have enabled and how the transition to digital model making ultimately also means a paradigm shift in the ways we produce, manufacture, design, use and experience architecture. To do so, I will argue that the shift that has taken place in architectural production from physical model making to using digital means of fabrication has not only created a shift in the way architecture is produced but also a shift in the type of architecture produced.
I begin by arguing that the change of medium from the physicality of a material to the terrain of a virtual environment, is at first glance a simple change of medium, a change in the tools and techniques used. But because it involves a different type of interaction, a different effect is produced. The paper investigates examples from student work and concludes that the physical handling of matter informs the development of ideas in architectural and design education in a different way than the engagement with a digital tool because of the different experience the software affords and because of the different embodied experience that an object’s materiality offers.

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Moustaka, A. (2020). Modelmaking in architectural space production : studio interactions in the material and the digital realm. AMPS proceedings series, 18(1), 176-181

Journal Article Type Article
Conference Name Experiential Design – Rethinking relations between people, objects and environments
Conference Location Florida State University, USA
End Date Jan 17, 2020
Acceptance Date Jul 13, 2020
Online Publication Date Dec 17, 2020
Publication Date Dec 17, 2020
Deposit Date Nov 26, 2020
Publicly Available Date Dec 17, 2020
Journal AMPS Proceedings Series 18.1. Experiential Design – Rethinking relations between people, objects and environments. Florida State University, USA. 16–17 January 2020
Volume 18
Issue 1
Pages 176-181
Publisher URL http://architecturemps.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AMPS-Proceedings-18-1-Experiential-Design.pdf
Related Public URLs http://architecturemps.com/proceedings/
Additional Information Event Type : Conference

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