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first-century architectural
design was stubbornly rooted
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in the design principles of the
industrial era. [2] Assembled
with discrete, mass-produced,
interchangeable parts, most NO CHANGE
structures were built like
machines. Conventional
construction processes, Schleicher an
Oxman observed, were in architectural
contrast to the dynamic, designer at the
organic ways most biological University of
structures occur in [3] nature, Stuttgart
there material is not a
secondary but an essential Schleicher, an
aspect of design. By utilizing architectural
new 3-D printing technologies, designer, at the
Oxman argued, designers University of
could begin to grow or Stuttgart
fabricate structures from
seamless, multifunctional Schleicher, an
materials that would be both architectural
integrated [4] into and designer at the
responsive to the surrounding University of
environment. The possibilities Stuttgart,
she imagined were remarkably
creative: buildings made with
breathable exteriors and
concrete that could repair
itself, like bone. Indeed, some
might even be called poetic,
such as shell-like homes with
insulation that functioned like
a bird’s plumage—raising and
flattening feathers—to regulate
temperature.

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