Daniel Norell: "The Material Simulacra of Pliable Surfaces" (Higher Seminar, Oct 16)
This paper examines how designers can invigorate designs with a sense of liveliness and indeterminacy through manipulation of pliable materials. Two approaches to material manipulation are defined and juxtaposed in the paper: The control associated with Frei Otto's elegantly tensioned membranes and the noise associated with Sigurd Lewerentz's intensely material brick walls.
Tid: To 2014-10-16 kl 14.00 - 16.00
Plats: D307, KTH School of Architecture, Östermalmsgatan 26
Medverkande: Daniel Norell and Einar Rodhe (with respondent Ulrika Knagenhielm-Karlsson)
These historical approaches become pertinent in relation to current opportunities offered by material simulation software in architecture. Simulation may be used to increase control over the materialization of design, but is at the same time a way to introduce the noise of real-time, real-world experiments into digital design. The paper presents this discussion in parallel with documentation of the research project 'Erratic', a recent installation carried out by the authors' practice Norell/Rodhe. Constructed from polyurethane cold foam, the project combines analogue experiments with digital simulations to target architectural qualities like mass, figuration and relief.
Keywords: Control, Material manipulation, Material simulation, Noise, Pliable surfaces
Daniel Norell and Einar Rodhe (2014) Erratic - The Material Simulacra of Pliable Surfaces, Thompson, Emine Mine (ed.), Fusion - Proceedings of the 32nd eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK, 10-12 September 2014, pp. 145-152
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Einar Rodhe is lecturer in architecture at the KTH and co-founder of Norell/Rodhe.
Daniel Norell is research fellow in architectural technology at the KTH and co-founder of Norell/Rodhe.
Norell/Rodhe’s installation Erratic was exhibited at ADD in Helsinki in 2013.
The project won a Research + Design Merit Award at the “Open Cities” conference and exhibition in Seoul, South Korea, and received a Special Mention in the Architizer A+ Awards in New York for the category Architecture + Materials.