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Membrane Morphologies: Heterogeneous Forces and Articulated Material Form
Author(s) -
Ahlquist Sean
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1958
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , moment (physics) , textile , action (physics) , membrane , engineering , nanotechnology , materials science , composite material , physics , classical mechanics , chemistry , history , archaeology , quantum mechanics , biochemistry
Material behaviour is induced at the moment a structure, with its accompanying system of energies, is assembled. The research introduced here by Sean Ahlquist , Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, in textile manufacturing and membrane structures challenges the concept of assembly in an architectural context, where form emanates not only from the integration of forces and differentiated materials, but also through the pervasive influence of structural action at the moment of fibre construction and composition.