Making matter. Rethinking materiality

Our built environment is the physical stage on which all human stories are lived out. Anupama Kundoo advances the idea that architectural imagination must transcend design and enter the realms of materials science and economics. She will discuss the thrust of her inquiries which have been to find practical ways to fulfill the universal human aspiration for refuge, purpose, and social engagement through extensive material research and experimentation. She will discuss 'Human Time as a Resource' in the quest for new materiality and critically examine the way the time value of money has nudged us towards code-based design and the industrialized production of building components and, sometimes, even entire buildings themselves.