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The Ever-Changing Nature of Materiality and the Meaning of Materials in Architecture and Construction

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It seems hard to believe that there can be found among things anything of solid body.

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  1. 1.

    Ákos Moravánszky argues in his anthology Architekturtheorie im 20. Jahrhundert that a chronological “history of architectural theory” impedes a critical and vivid discussion between varying positions, which are not only spatially but also timewise distinct. Hanno-Walter Kruft on the other hand contends that a sequential order allows for the maintenance of a historical continuum, which has narrative advantages and provides stability and ease of orientation.

  2. 2.

    Vitruvius’ chapter on pozzolana concrete counts 840 words while his descriptions of brick (650 words), sand (350 words), lime (430 words), and stone (680 words) are much briefer.

  3. 3.

    See Sect. 2.6.1 The Emergence of Digital Design and Fabrication Techniques for more details.

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