List of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Notes on Contributors. Materiality and Architecture: introductory remarks Sandra Karina Löschke Part 1: Presentation 1. Exposures Philip Ursprung 2. "Materials-in-fact" Sandra Karina Löschke 3. Material Splendour Gernot Böhme, translated by Anna-Christina Engels-Schwarzpaul 4. Materiality Matters Gevork Hartoonian Part 2: Agency 5. Material Antagonism André Bélanger and Anne Bordeleau 6. Historical Materialism Dijana Alić 7. Material Economy and Aesthetic Resistance Matthias Ludwig Part 3: Ecology 8. The Immaterial and the Material Jonathan Hill 9. Playing with Fragments of Modernity Sandra Karina Löschke: An interview with artist Melanie Smith 10. Self-organisation and Theoretical Reflection Sophia Psarra 11. Baubotanik Ferdinand Ludwig Part 4: Concepts 12. Bauspiel as Immaterial Investigation Matthew Mindrup 13. Recuperative Architectonics Michael Tawa 14. MVRDV Sandra Karina Löschke: An Interview with Jacob van Rijs of MVRDV and Moritz Mungenast Index
Biography
Sandra Karina Löschke is an architect and Director of Architecture Design and Technology at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research investigates links between material aesthetics and technology in architecture and unfolds across architectural history and theory, and design research. Her architectural work has been exhibited internationally at the Venice Architecture Biennale and exhibitions in Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Sydney. She studied architecture at the Bartlett/UCL, the Architectural Association London and UNSW Australia.
‘In this timely collection, a distinction emerges between "materials" and "materiality" as that which the substance of building produces in intersection with its environment, users and representations. Exploring diverse conceptual possibilities - from Plato’s matter, to Bourriaud’s relational aesthetics and Böhme’s atmospheres - and through beautifully-considered studies of architectures and artworks, from 18th century country houses in Norfolk to contemporary installations in Mexico - these contributions are a rich and important resource for designers and scholars asking what material can bring to the experience of architecture today.’ – Katie Lloyd Thomas, Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of Architecture Research Collaboration, Newcastle University, UK
