Performative Materials in Architecture and Design

Per­for­ma­ti­ve Ma­te­rials in Ar­chi­tec­tu­re and De­sign ad­dres­ses the con­ver­gen­ce of se­veral sig­ni­fi­cant and fun­da­men­tal ad­van­ce­ments in the ways that ma­te­rials and en­viron­ments are de­sig­ned, eva­lua­ted, and ex­pe­ri­en­ces wi­t­hin ar­chi­tec­tu­re and re­la­ted di­s­ci­p­li­nes. The emer­gen­ce of ex­pe­ri­men­tal and ul­t­ra-per­for­ming ma­te­rials, in­ter­ac­ti­ve pro­ces­sing sys­tems, and di­gi­tal de­sign and fa­bri­ca­ti­on tech­ni­qu­es has es­tab­lis­hed an in­ter­connec­ted net­work or tech­no­lo­gi­cal in­puts that has sti­mu­la­ted the de­ve­lop­ment of ma­te­rials, as­sem­b­lies, and sys­tems with per­for­ma­ti­ve pro­per­ties. Pro­vi­ding an over­view of re­p­re­sen­ta­ti­ve de­sign pro­jects and re­le­vant the­o­ries, this vo­lu­me il­lu­mi­na­tes both the in­ter­ac­ti­on of the­se tech­no­lo­gies and the ro­le of ma­te­ria­li­ty in re­se­arch, de­sign, and practi­ce.