1st Edition

Self-Assembly Lab Experiments in Programming Matter

By Skylar Tibbits Copyright 2017
    204 Pages
    by Routledge

    204 Pages
    by Routledge

    What if structures could build themselves or adapt to fluctuating environments? Skylar Tibbits, Director of the Self-Assembly Lab in the Department of Architecture at MIT, Cambridge, MA, crosses the boundaries between architecture, biology, materials science and the arts, to envision a world where material components can self-assemble to provide adapting structures and optimized fabrication solutions. The book examines the three main ingredients for self-assembly, includes interviews with practitioners involved in the work and presents research projects related to these topics to provide a complete first look at exciting future technologies in construction and self-transforming material products.

    Introduction: Self-Assembly & Design Research  Ingredients 1: Materials & Geometry  1. 4D Printing: Multi-Material Shape Change  2. Programmable Materials  3. DNA disPLAY  Interviews 1: Arthur Olson, The Scripps Research Institute  Adam Bly, Seed Media Group  Ingredients 2: Mechanics & Interaction  4. Self-Assembly Studio, Department of Architecture, MIT  5. HyperForm  BioMolecular & Chiral Self-Assembly  Interviews 2:  John Hoke & Mike Yonker, Nike Inc.  Shelly Linor, Stratasys Ltd.  Carlos Olguin, Bio/Nano Matter Programmer  Ingredients 3: Energy & Entropy  7. Aerial Assemblies  8. Self-Assembly Line  9. Fluid Crystallization  Interviews 3: Paola Antonelli, The Museum of Modern Art  John Main, DARPA  Conclusion: Materials, Interaction, and Entropy 

    Biography

    Skylar Tibbits is faculty at MIT's Department of Architecture, teaching graduate and undergraduate design studios and co-teaching How to Make (Almost) Anything, a seminar at MIT’s Media Lab. The Self-Assembly Lab, directed by Skylar Tibbits and Jared Laucks, focuses on self-assembly and programmable material technologies for novel manufacturing, products and construction processes.