http://www.aaschool.ac.uk//VIDEO/lecture.php?ID=2737<br />
Organised by Kostas Grigoriadis
Future Matters: The Imminent Reality of Multi-materiality
Series: Symposium
Date: 20/2/2015
Time: 10:00:00
Venue: Lecture Hall
Running time: 169 mins
When describing their research programme for sending out in space by 2020 the world’s first 3D printed satellite, scientists from the European Space Agency pointed out that “in the world of materials it’s the mixing of […] different chemical elements that is vital […]: we hardly use pure metals but we do use compounds, alloys and composites; the actual number of combinations and ratios of mixing elements is infinite” (ESA, 2014). Being “closer to alchemy than architectural tectonics […] multi-materiality is the holy grail of materials scientists” (Wiscombe, 2012), while in architecture initial research in the field of multi-material design is only beginning to become evident, albeit in a dispersed manner.
