Encoding Material Culture 2021

Santiago R. Pérez. “Encoding Material Culture.” In Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand: 37, What If? What Next? Speculations on History’s Futures, 2021. Material Research in progress, using robotic paper pulp extrusion, robotic plaster patterning, and similar workflows.

UNCONVENTIONAL COMPUTING: ANTHOLOGY ESSAY

I am happy to announce the publication of an essay titled “PARABODIES: Rethinking Material Intuition in the Age of Parametric Design.” The essay was published in the new book titled “Unconventional Computing: Design Methods in Adaptive Architecture” edited by Rachel

Anticipating MATTER

The much awaited MATTER book should be published by August- can’t wait!
My chapter is titled
“TOWARDS AN ECOLOGY OF MAKING”.

Structural Innovation in Architecture

Out in Print! My contribution to the new book on Cardboard Design has been published. The chapter is titled “Cardboard: Structural Innovation in Architecture.” I’m waiting to receive my copy and excited to see emerging work using Cardboard as an

PolyForm: Biomimetic Surfaces

PolyForm: Biomimetic Surfaces was presented at the 2006 ACADIA Synthetic Landscapes conference this October in Louisville, Kentucky. The paper has been published in the conference proceedings. I’ll be posting an online version soon. The essay built upon an earlier paper