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EXPERIENCING MATERIALS IN ARCHITECTURE

29th Concrete day IMAGINE CONCRETELisa Wastiels | 22.10.2009

Structure presentation

– Experiencing materials– Material selection in architecture– Material information in architecture

– Experiment: Material perception

INTRODUCTION

Lisa Wastiels | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Presentation Concrete Day 2009 Please contact Lisa Wastiels with comments or questions concerning the research and/or copyrights ([email protected])

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A space is never about one thing. It is a place for many senses: sight, sound, touch, and the unaccountable things that happen

Tadao Ando | Hyogo Chapel (Japan)

g ppin between.

– Tadao Ando

EXPERIENCING MATERIALS

MATERIALS IN ARCHITECTUREMVRDV | Ypenburg (NL)


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EXPERIENCING MATERIALSMVRDV | Borneo Sporenburg (NL)

The discipline of architecture goes far beyond structural performance…

… architects know it, …


From ‘Het spel der zinnen, de hartslag van beton’ [infobeton.be]

… material manufacturers know it.

How can we communicate ideas?


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FEELINGEXPERIENCE

STRUCTURALPERFORMANCE

MATERIALIMPACT

EXPERIENCESENSATION

PERFORMANCETECHNICAL


MATERIAL INFORMATION


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polish, mold,hand-form, stain, …

stiffness, density,thickness roughness

manufacturingprocess

technical

OBJECTIVE

thickness, roughness,texture, hardness, …

tactile softness, visualwarmth, gloss,transparency, color, …

formal, friendly,progressive warm

aspects

aspects of

sensorialaspects

USEFUL INFORMATION

progressive, warm,trendy, flat, soft, …

nice, pleasing,beautiful, cute, …

aspects ofemotion

perception

SUBJECTIVE

Can we OBJECTIFY the description of sensory and perception attributes of materials…

… to facilitate material choices… to ameliorate communication

to allow better comparison of materials

tactile softness, visualwarmth, gloss,transparency, color, …

formal, friendly,progressive warm

aspects of

sensorialaspects

… to allow better comparison of materials

USEFUL INFORMATIONFrom ‘Het spel der zinnen, de hartslag van beton’ [infobeton.be]

progressive, warm,trendy, flat, soft, …

nice, pleasing,beautiful, cute, …

aspects ofemotion

perception


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Study– 6 building materials– 116 participants– list with 15 attributes– 3 sensory test conditions (VIS, TAC, GEN)

brickwork concrete steelhardzacht

glanzendmat

frisniet fris

fletse kleur *felle kleur

drukniet druk

delicaatniet delicaat

complex patrooneenvoudig patroon

aangenaamonaangenaam

hardzacht

glanzendmat

frisniet fris

fletse kleur *felle kleur

drukniet druk

delicaatniet delicaat

complex patrooneenvoudig patroon

aangenaamonaangenaam

EXPERIMENTblue stoneplasterwork wood warmkoud

vlakke textuuroneffen textuur

ruwglad

neutraalopdringerig

massiefniet massief

lichte kleur *donkere kleur

indrukbaarniet indrukbaar

warmkoud

vlakke textuuroneffen textuur

ruwglad

neutraalopdringerig

massiefniet massief

lichte kleur *donkere kleur

indrukbaarniet indrukbaar

EXPERIMENT


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EXPERIMENT

Perception of COLD - WARM– Wood perceived as warmest material– Steel perceived as coldest material

steel

blue stone

wood

COLD ‐ WARM

General Evaluation (vision + touch)

RESULTS0 20 40 60 80 100

brickwork

concrete

plasterwork


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Influence of VISION– No significant difference between general and

visual evaluationSO:– Minor impact of touch on warmth perception

(within context of test)– People are guided by vision for evaluation

steel

blue stone

wood

COLD ‐ WARM


Visual Evaluation

RESULTS0 20 40 60 80 100

brickwork

concrete

plasterwork

Excluding VISION– Tactile evaluation significantly different– Difference is material dependent

steel

blue stone

wood

COLD ‐ WARM


Visual Evaluation

Tactile Evaluation

RESULTS0 20 40 60 80 100

brickwork

concrete

plasterwork


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PERCEPTION of cold-warm– Wood = warmest material in all conditions– Steel = coldest material in all conditions– Concrete compared to other materials

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brickwork

concrete

plasterwork

RESULTS

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General Evaluation

(vision + touch)

Visual Evaluation

Tactile Evaluation

steel

blue stone

wood

Conclusion– Warmth perception is largely guided by VISION– TOUCH leads to very different evaluations– Concrete is perceived as being cold visually, but

feels rather warm when touching it

– Experience aspects and physical material ti l t dproperties are correlated

material perceptions can be described, and thus be modified:

- by intelligent design (using different senses)- by altering the material or its surface

properties

CONCLUSION and DISCUSSION


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Ir.-Arch. Lisa WastielsPhD Fellow FWO

Department of Architectural EngineeringVrije Universiteit BrusselPleinlaan 2 1000 Brussel Belgium

CONTACT

Pleinlaan 2, 1000 Brussel, Belgium

E: [email protected]: +32 (0)2 629 13 64F: +32 (0)2 629 28 40www.vub.ac.be/ARCH/ae-lab/people.php


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