Matter Aggregation: A Design Studio at UVA

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