Metamorphosis in Architecture Design Practice

14/04/2022, h. 15:30
Politecnico di Milano, Campus Leonardo, Edificio 11, AULA Gamma

…and the Discourse on Material Change. A New Framework for Architectural Theory?
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Architects relate to matter and materials through the lens of their beliefs, knowledge, and practices. Gottfried Semper’s theory of Stoffwechsel (material change) describes the interaction of material and form as a transformative process. Architects began to question the widespread notion of “truth to material”, and sought a more dynamic relationship between form and matter in their work. The lecture outlines the consequences, linking design practice with its theoretically often unconsidered results, and the discourse in which such results are ignored.

Relatore: Ákos Moravánszky, Professor Emeritus ETH Zurich
Introducono e moderano: Luka Skansi, Federico Deambrosis
Discussant: Massimo Bricocoli,  Simona Pierini, Gaia Caramellino, Pierre-Alain Croset, Alessandro De Magistris

Responsabile: Luka Skansi