Matter Aggregation

Philip F. Yuan is a professor at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) at Tongji University, is visiting professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Thomas Jefferson Professor at the University of Virginia (UVA). His research mainly focuses on the fields of Post-human tectonics, robotic fabrication, and architectural design practices, promoting the application of digital design methodologies and fabrication theories in the discipline of architecture. Lucia Phinney has been a lecturer at the University of Virginia since 1981, and a distinguished lecturer since 1996. Her work explores the means to reveal rather than erase the incredible potential for natural systems to effectively engage and inform the places we make. Chao Yan is a post-doctoral researcher at Tongji University. He was a visiting lecturer at China Academy of Art, where he has taught design studio and theory courses from 2014 to 2018, and a visiting scholar at the University of Virginia in 2019.

PREFACE
COMPUTATIONAL TECTONICS AND OTHER MATERIAL MATTERS
Ila Berman
INTRODUCTION
MATTER AGGREGATION
A Posthumanist View on Matter and Materiality
Philip F. Yuan
ESSAYS
MATTER AGGREGATION AS GROWTH
Lucia Phinney
DIGITAL CRAFTS
Rethinking Tools in Digital Design and Pedagogy
Chao Yan
PEDAGOGY
PRECEDENTIAL RESEARCH
SELECTED BUILDING PROJECTS
PROJECT 01
Matter Iteration / Prototype Study
Matter Performance / Structural Optimization
Matter Sensibility / Full-Scale Fabrication
PROJECT 02
Matter Iteration / Prototype Study
Matter Performance / Structural Optimization
Matter Sensibility / Full-Scale Fabrication
PROJECT 03
Matter Iteration / Prototype Study
Matter Performance / Structural Optimization
Matter Sensibility / Full-Scale Fabrication
WORKING PROCESS AND FINAL REVIEW
MATTER AGGREGATION @ UABB 2019