"materialAgencies employs mass production in order to explore how assembly may be utilised as a generative design process. 600 identical elements connect to one another with no rigid joints in any axis of connection. The project argues for designed materiality to be conceived of as an organisational exercise - where materiality emerges from the organisation of smaller scale parts. In materialAgencies, relatively simple elements cooperate to produce a supple textile-like surface from heavy precast concrete elements. The goal was not to produce an optimal structure, but rather to explore a variation in material properties that are able to be part self-supporting and part draped - embodying a material excess as affect. The variation of these properties is derived from the organisational relations of the parts alone. The supple assemblage has no inherent structural abilities yet formal and structural order arises from within the organisational relations of its parts and their connections. The installation may be understood as a tectonic experiment in hybridising cable-net suspension with post-tension compression along with the fashion concept of drapery. The project was developed through computational simulations and numerous scaled physical model prototypes of the assemblage and the geometry of the parts. The generative capacity of the assemblage was intrinsically related to the geometry of the part. The part was therefore designed for its capabilities in producing affects and behaviours within the assemblage. Material Agencies suggests how complicated surfaces may be built from generic, economical assemblies, challenging the often wasteful and expensive reliance on complex formwork within the building industry."
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