The aim is to introduce students to the properties and uses of groups of materials, such as timber, glass, plastics, mineral materials, stone, metals, fabrics, others in architecture, to give students a physical, technological, and analytical basis from which to approach materials in architecture.

The content of the course is focused on material research, practical tests, experimentation with built works, and lectures/seminars by renowned individuals. A wide-ranging collection for studentsÆ use and inspiration will be built in the studio, working together to develop a system to show and organize this collection in the studio. Studio exercises are construction based project work, build a skin for 1m' space out of different materials, one from each group, understanding the characteristics by touching and assembling different materials, analysing the models. There is a lecture series from external architects and artists known for dealing with one specific material, fabrics, wooden constructions. Second block: Lectures with focus on the physical characteristics of materials, together with a review of the research results of the students so far. Exercise: Material tests of samples in respect of light, heat, and other physical stresses Third block: Lectures with focus on assembling techniques of different materials

At the end of the module students should be able to: * Understand and identify the physical properties and uses of groups of materials. * Understand the application of materials in relation to such properties as durability, embodied energy, light, texture, tone, touch, colour, and mass. * Create a catalogue of material types based on their physical properties * Identify specific assembly techniques with specific groups or types of materials * Learn to create an individual piece of work, research forming part of a larger body of work; the ômaterial libraryö * Be able to make a coherent presentation of results of research to the rest of the class.

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The content of the course is focused on material research, practical tests, experimentation with built works, and lectures/seminars by renowned individuals. Research to be done by the students as individual piece of work, each ending up with samples and a short list of material characteristics as part of the ômaterial libraryö, presentations of the results to the rest of the class. A wide-ranging collection for students use and inspiration will be built in the studio, working together to develop a system to show and organise this collection in the studio.