Making Bibelot:Casting material research within cultural frameworks  

作　　者：Erkin Ozay Gregory Delaney Nicholas Traverse Andrew Pries 

机构地区：[1]School of Architecture and Planning,University at Buffalo,Buffalo,NY 14214,USA [2]Boston Valley Terra Cotta,NY 14127,USA

出　　处：《Frontiers of Architectural Research》2019年第2期121-135,共15页建筑学研究前沿（英文版）

摘　　要：Material investigations in architecture often exclude practice implications by narrowly determining the scope and limitations of research.Such limitations are necessary and warranted for open-ended inquiries undertaken in controlled conditions.Working with commercial outfits in the context of a prescribed project,on the other hand,requires a clear attitude that accounts for the agency of the manufacturer.A small design-build intervention,completed with an in-kind donation from a terra cotta manufacturer in Buffalo,New York,gave us the opportunity to take on such a collaborative investigation.In order to explore the potentials of terra cotta as a building material to the greatest extent,we strategically increased the complexity of the endeavor,challenging the design and manufacturing team to address production problems in a timely manner to meet the project goals.In doing this,we relied on conceptual constructs that address specific material and institutional histories of terra cotta and the cultural context,registered as form,color,and ornamentation in the project.The paper gives a detailed account of the entire process and the working assumptions by bridging the design and manufacturing decisions in an interrelated manner.

关 键 词：MATERIAL RESEARCH TERRA cotta DESIGN-BUILD Color in architecture ORNAMENTATION 

分 类 号：TU[建筑科学]