Unmediated Matter and Catenary Practices

Since the 15th century, Albertian methods of notation have positioned media, or more precisely, ways of mediating between graphical representation and construction at the center of the architecture discipline. In the face of evolving digital processes, media continues to be the primary means for directing labor and for planning the organization of physical matter. Media gives labor its intellectual scope and connects mental and physical production. The work presented in this poster posits that complex geometries can be constructed without explicit direction or methods of mediating matter. In other words, complex – double curvature – forms can be built without construction drawings. If so, what is the role of media in forming physical matter into geometries that can resist gravity through form?

Volume Editors
Amir Ameri & Rebecca O'Neal Dagg

ISBN
978-1-944214-14-2