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

Moustaka, A

Abstract

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.

Citation

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