Responsive Expansion (2013)
article⁄Responsive Expansion (2013)
abstract⁄Although commonly considered problematic within the wider range of standardized isotropic construction materials, wood’s mechanical deficiencies are simultaneously an asset for the adventurous designer. These anisotropic and organic characteristics can be critically investigated, even exaggerated, with the possibility of productively yielding a complex and adaptive building material.Given wood’s fibrous makeup, as derived from its ecological function as an evaporative capillary system, wood as a material is predisposed to react to environmental and contextual fluctuationsmoisture in particular. As a consequence of its cellular and chemical anatomy, woodunlike other standard construction materialswill morphologically react to changes in moisture. This reactivity is derived from interactions such as rehydration and swelling at the cellular level which accumulate to induce formal transformations at the macro level. This responsiveness, when coupled with the affordances of industrial standardization, reframes wood within architecture as a reactive material capable of consistent transformation wellsuited to parametric definition within computational modeling.
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2013 |
| Authors |
Cordero Maisonet, Sixto; Smith, Austin. |
| Issue |
ACADIA 13: Adaptive Architecture |
| Pages |
25-32 |
| Library link |
N/A |
| Entry filename |
responsive-expansion |
