Material Dialogues: The column in the work of Labrouste, Wagner and Lewerentz Universiteit Antwerpen
With their focus on the formal and conceptual, most architectural studies reduce matter to a passive recipient of form. Can this perspective be reversed, given the growing realisation that material resources are finite? And if materials are considered active, in what ways do they influence the architectural project? To answer these questions, this thesis develops a material lens that considers the creative process as a dialogue, with architect ...