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Materials Assembly: Projects, Journals & Ideas

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Materials assembly examines the physical processes and design decisions involved in putting materials together to create functional structures. This includes exploring construction methods, material connections, modular systems, and the relationship between assembly logic and final form.

The community documents projects ranging from timber factories and concrete coastal installations to movable studio interiors and open-source manufacturing equipment, investigating how assembly choices influence spatial experience, adaptability, and material expression.

Top contributors

UNI Editorial6 works

Lynus Lim2 works

Cason Micallef2 works

Yasamin Khalilbeigi1 work

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Lynus

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Iridescence

A marriage of sustainable materials with modern fabrication technologies, the pavilion features two rejuvenating zones that appeal to different demographics. Regardless of zone, the form is perforated to create an enchanting dialogue between dark and light, night and day.

Irtiza

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'Electrifying the Drive'-An EV Manufacturing Plant

Air pollution & green house gas emissions are substantial source for climate change. This effects are significantly graduated by transportation system since most cars are still fuled by gasoline or diesel engines which create several negative effects. EV is considered as better alternative because it produces zero pipeline emissions.

Thinina

Grassroots - Anganwadi - A modular approach

A comprehensive, sustainable and modular reflexion on community focused education and healthcare.

Manshu and 3 others

U-BALCONY

Unique city, unique community, unique balcony, unique you

mrc

Blackbox open source 3D Printer

Blackbox is a high-end approach to open source 3D Printing. Due to the basic design principle of material suitability and the combination of high-tech materials with composite FDM materials, Blackbox reaches high speeds with a large print volume while still being accessible for ambitious makers. The watercooled printheads allow true multimaterial printing.

Katarzyna

Postindustrial Lighthouse

Inspired by movement of air and water, as well as industrial character of oil rigs, Postindustrial Lighthouse has emerged. Prefabricated, modular boxes, by multiplication and protrusion, create engaging space that encourages visitors to explore the building and sink into a world of contemporary art.

AUM

Apparatus of Amusement

A retail for Post-consumption. Experimenting alternate productive relations to mindless consumption.

Aangi and Niki Shah

Hume World

Understanding the Indian Context, this project; 1. Identifies and enhances existing recurring urban elements. 2. Ensures subconscious usability even as it incorporates the informal sector. 3. Utilizes existing infrastructural material for economic sustainability and ease of fabrication. To create a complete kit of modular, yet diverse - Urban Elements.

parham karimi and pedram

The GATHERING-TIME

This proposal, titled GATHERING-TIME, encourages everyone to discover a series of gathering spaces through interstitial spaces in urban university campuses. The design proposal intends to redefine the campus bench from a repeatable object into a distinct, expressive space that can attract and delight people, inviting them to gather in small and large groups.

Madhavi and Akash

Baans Ghari

The architecture around us greatly influences the nature of a community. This bamboo pavilion is designed to be placed on the terrace of a market in Gangtok, in the Himalayan kingdom of India. The sustainable and low cost material and construction make for an interactive community space for the youth and elderly alike.

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UNI Editorial

publishedBlog3 months ago

amass Renovates Its Own 118 m² Chengdu Studio with Nothing Fixed and Everything Movable

A Chengdu architecture office rebuilds its workspace around sliding partitions, rope pulleys, and plywood furniture that can shift with every new project.

Atelier

Workshop

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog4 months ago

WOVEN Architecture Layers a Waterfront Home into a Forested Hillside on Saanich Inlet

A 6,500-square-foot residence in Willis Point, BC nestles into steep terrain, trading spectacle for a quiet calibration of wood, earth, and water.

Container House

Plugin Housing

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog4 months ago

Atelier Lopes da Costa Stacks Concrete Shelves Along the Portuguese Coast at Scala-Mare

A 12-unit residential building in Vila Nova de Gaia pairs geothermal systems and ventilated ceramic facades with Atlantic panoramas.

Materials Assembly

Architecture

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog4 months ago

ALAS Alarcon Linde Architects Builds a Paint Factory from Timber in Rural Germany

A modular CLT headquarters for Hemmelrath Technologies in Erlenbach am Main treats industrial architecture as a design-to-disassemble proposition.

Modular Farm

Growing Module