Digital [Re]Matter: Exploring the Gap Between Designing and Making Through Materially Endorsed Digital Practice

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dc.contributor.advisorTaron, Joshua
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Matthew
dc.contributor.committeememberKhoshnazar, Rahil
dc.contributor.committeememberMadkour, Yahia
dc.date2021-11
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-21T21:22:09Z
dc.date.available2021-09-21T21:22:09Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.description.abstractIf inquiring about the intersection of architects, the tools they use to design with, and the materials they design for, one will find an inherent gap between the acts of designing and making. From the perspective of architectural practice, this is a gap that the advent of the digital age has not been entirely successful in reconciling. As such, Digital [Re]Matter concerns itself with the proposition of materially endorsed digital practice (MEDP) as a means of exploring ways in which material narratives, applications, and agencies can be (re)positioned in the hands of architects once again. A central research project of the Timber Façade Components for Factory-in-a-Box (TFC for FIAB) is used as a vehicle for exploration, and as a means of critiquing MEDP claims through various lenses and scales of focus. Through these efforts, the thesis poses several investigations to evaluate the efficacy of MEDP: from direct leveraging of digital tools and material engagement at the scale of fabrication; to the inquiry of project delivery models in professional practice; and to the systemic contexts that tether design and fabrication efforts to broader scales of material flows. Taken together, these inquiries corroborate several interesting opportunities to continue shedding light on the gap between designing and making in architecture.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWalker, M. (2021). Digital [re]matter: exploring the gap between designing and making through materially endorsed digital practice (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39233
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/113916
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyEnvironmental Designen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectMaterially informeden_US
dc.subjectMaterialityen_US
dc.subjectMaterial engagementen_US
dc.subjectMaterial practiceen_US
dc.subjectMaterial craften_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectArchitectural practiceen_US
dc.subjectProfessional practiceen_US
dc.subjectAECen_US
dc.subjectFabricationen_US
dc.subjectDigital fabricationen_US
dc.subjectDigital materialismen_US
dc.subjectDigital designen_US
dc.subjectDigital practiceen_US
dc.subjectParametric designen_US
dc.subjectRobotic fabricationen_US
dc.subjectWooden_US
dc.subjectTimberen_US
dc.subjectMass timberen_US
dc.subjectGlulamen_US
dc.subject.classificationArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.classificationDesign and Decorative Artsen_US
dc.subject.classificationMaterials Scienceen_US
dc.subject.classificationRoboticsen_US
dc.titleDigital [Re]Matter: Exploring the Gap Between Designing and Making Through Materially Endorsed Digital Practiceen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEnvironmental Designen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Environmental Design (MEDes)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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