An Architectural Chemistry |
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Authors: | Omar Khan |
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Abstract: | Protocell technology has a precedent in the innovative use of plastic in the 1960s, when chemistry first came up with an innovative new material that could be applied to architecture, interiors and product design. Omar Khan describes how at the Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies at the University at Buffalo in New York, he is developing a line of research that builds on the legacy of the 1960s and 1970s for soft materials and the capabilities of an elastic responsive architecture. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Keywords: | Omar Khan, Gravity Screens, Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies, Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo, New York, 2009–10 Progressive Architecture James H Krieger ‘Future Role of the Chemist’ Nicholas Negroponte Soft Architecture Machines ‘cyclic’ Wolf Hilbertz's ‘cybertecture’ Biorock SA Matthew Hume, Warped (2008) elastic plywood cells hard-to-soft ratio Cedric Price's Fun Palace |
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