Choosing Architectural Materials
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มิ.ย. 2024
- A primer on how to choose architectural building materials. In part 4 of the architecture short course I share my personal system for selecting materials and I walk you through the selection process for the case study residential project we've been following.
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The lesson is divided into five general categories:
1 - Physical characteristics
2 - Context
3 - Experiential qualities
4 - Cost
5 - Manufacturing concerns
Each category can be thought of democratically, that is, none is necessarily more or less important than another. Your design will begin to suggest what materials best represent your ideas.
Study the work of architects like Tadao Ando, Louis Kahn, Peter Zumthor, LeCorbusier or Aalto - and witness the depth of knowledge and skill they deployed using a relatively limited set of building materials: wood, concrete, glass, and brick. You can say quite a lot using a very spare palette of materials.
The real lesson here is that the material selections were a result of intentionally considering all aspects of the experience I wanted to create for our client as well as the necessity of building something durable and meaningful here in an extreme coastal environment. It has to look good and tell the right story. It has to comfort and shelter, reduce and minimize our impact on the site and recreate - in an abstract way - the quiet of the forest in the new place we’ve created.
It’s a tall order, but by following a process which prioritizes the most important characteristics for each part of the architecture you can find a methodology for choosing wisely.
Material selection requires you to be an observer and student of the built world. Study buildings you admire and note how the material qualities effect how you feel there. Choose a few simple materials and get to know them deeply. Concrete and wood are excellent places to start. And if you’re like Tadao Ando, perhaps make a career of. Learn to exploit their inherent qualities: heavy and light, cool and warm, malleable and permanent. Use these as a basis for your own explorations and tests to make your designs more truthful, more beautiful and more interesting.
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+30X40 Design Workshop Would you be kind enough to do a video about good proportions in Architecture sir?
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Really impressed by how much effort and skill is involved in good architecture
One of the best TH-cam vids on building materials - not just the end result but the process. Amazing
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Your honesty while talking about your projects helps so much. I'm an architecture student and your workshop has helped me design my thesis in more ways than you can imagine … thank you!!
Great considerations. I love the comparison with the dark exterior w/ wood interior to the bark of the tree and the heart wood within. I really enjoyed this little series and the very precise way you've chosen, distilled and disseminated the information. Thanks as always for your work. Cheers, Rob
Wow, thank you so much! My teachers were just teaching me about this, but seeing the video with the actual materials and house really helped me understand it properly. Thanks a ton!!
One of the best classes I've had outside of college. Thanks for sharing this knowledge, I feel that the impact of your work will be very important to get where I want as an Architect.
Certainly entered the list of references to study constantly. Thank you.
I'm an Architecture student and I really appreciate your videos, you definitely deserve to be an example in teaching really, I learned so much! Cheers!
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I am grateful to you. I am learning so much from your videos. Your generosity with your hard-won (and expensive) knowledge is a real benefit to me, as I struggle to learn about every aspect of becoming an owner- builder, including being the designer, of a tiny, semi-detached extension. Also, Im thankful that over the years I have had a passion for and curiosity about construction materials and methods, been observant and sought answers to questions from a lot of knowledgeable and smart people.
Many times I wish I had transferred over to architecture instead of completing an electrical apprenticeship but, even tha t was a fun learning experience. Still having fun now! Thank you for your generosity.
Just finishing concept design stage on a barn style home and now working on material selection. Found the described process for selecting materials really insightful and helpful. Thank you.
Loving to get to know all the beauty of nature and architecture of your area this summer. Thank you for the video!
hey...+Roberto O...great hearing from you my friend...glad to show you around this little island a bit...more to come this fall...
thanks for you continued support...!
This was such a great video! So much useful information. I am not in the architecture field but I like to learn about building practices. Thank you for the time & effort you put into your videos.
I am really enjoying your tutorials, your beautiful architectural language and detailed explanations.
Thank you and good luck!
I enjoy watching your videos almost everyday. it's truly inspiring. love from Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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Thank you so much for this thoughtful, articulate video. Well done.
This video has just been used as part of reference for our study, thanks. I hope to see more informative and interesting videos.
Today i finish watching all of ur videos..... This was the last one.. Inspired...
This edit immensely informative and thorough, if I may. Thank you so much for making this succinct wealth of info on building materials.
I really love it, knowledge with experience is the only way to improve the architecture.
Thank you for making these video's, they have been very helpful with learning the many disciplines around architectural design. I am by no means an architect, I am merely a 3d technical artist diving into the world of architectural concept design. These videos among other resources are helping me produce better designs both aesthetically, functionally and with added considerations of impact around localized environments. Keep up the good work and all the best to you...
I just found your channel and oh my gosh your videos are top notch! I just started architecture school and your videos are really helpful. I would definitely recommend you to my classmates and please don't ever stop making good videos! You are a freaking godsend!
kind words my friend...you can help me make more videos by spreading the word!
Yes thank you for a future architect like myself these videos are really helpful.
As a beginner in the field, I find your videos very useful. The sample materials you have at hand - what a good idea!
excellent...next video will discuss my favorite resources and how I store the materials...I think you'll enjoy it...cheers!
This video was great! Thanks for all your hard work on these videos! I always learn so much from watching these.
+Anthony Graham cheers, thanks for watching
Another great video Eric! Your drone shots gave a great visual to the building site and the surrounding area, which nicely tied in with the materials, and everything you were discussing!
thanks Dawn...my drone has been in the hospital having some sensor work done for the past week...hoping to have it back soon...
Thank u so much for spending ur precious time with us.. ♥
I have been following your channel for quite some time now Sir. And honestly your videos are teaching me alot more than I learnt at my Architecture school. Can't thank you enough for these videos. You are so inspiring.
kind words...thanks for being a part of this community...
Your videos are extremely helpful and is inspiring my work format in various ways. I hope to see more from you. Top notch :)
Absolutely valuable work you are doing here ....to improve all Architects professional knowledge...a huge THANK YOU.
Please dont stop ...very valuable.
thanks...you can help by spreading the word and sharing! cheers...
Thank you very much for all the great information. It will help me on my journey to becoming an architect.
Thank you so much for taking time to making these videos! 😊🏡
another incredible video.. your videos show me so much and show me just how much more i need to learn, i love it, great work keep it up 👍🏻
changing the design to reality best feelings an architect can have !!
I find the tutorials beautifully presented and even though I am not in architecture, the valuable principles you state are easily applicable to other design spheres.
kind of you to say...so glad to hear the videos translate to those outside the architecture niche...thanks for watching...
Wow, this was very informative. Just the kind of video I was looking for! You've got a new sub, man!
Great video once again, although I'm not an architect but a Landscape and garden designer I find your approach to the ways in which you do things inspiring and have adopted many of them in my business.
Thank you for your time and effort.
you're quite welcome...thanks for supporting the channel +Roger Hines Garden Design!
would love to hear more on materials , you are a great source of knowledge, keep it up!
Your lectures are quite a pleasure to experience. It is to say that your work is not only pure in its conception, but also pragmatic by its conformation. I honestly enjoy watching this series. The most ecstatic things for me are watching the process behind the product. Truly inspiring but yet humble how you nurture the project with caring thoughts and extensive research and work.
Can't wait for the next one!
Sincerely,
Stud. Arh. Alin T. S.
process is everything my friend...glad you're enjoying the vids
I really enjoy your vlog, I am a 10 Yr Architectural Designer and want to up my game. I know I'm a really good designer, but feel I could do so much more. Thank you for inspiring me.
I study Automotive design, and even though nothing to do with this video I always find these inspiring. Interesting to see how other design fields work. I've walked away from this video thinking a lot more about why car designers don't make better use of exterior materials. Like architecture, showing the beauty of the material for what it is. These videos are a great insight into architecture.
i think the best designers look outside their own disciplines for inspiration and cross-pollination...
glad to have you here +Jake Lockyer...thanks for the support...
Excellent video, full of useful knowledge . Thank you very much. I appreciate the effort.
Very interesting lecture on material selection. Two thumbs up!
*Sits down
*Puts on glasses
*Takes notes
Thanks again, Eric.
kind words my friend...you're quite welcome, thanks for being a part of the community here...
This guy is a high value, high operating human. One of the top 5% on the planet.
If you're my architecture prof. I wont be bored! Great video man.
cheers my friend...thanks for watching...
Great inspiration for many architects.
I like your approach, concept, process....since I am also practicing architect. It really inspire me for the clear vision about my approach......
great hearing from you +Kiran Basukala...cheers...
I love that wood and concrete joinery at 18:12, very interesting
tasty stuff, right?
I learn your lessons today, apply them tomorrow! Eagerly waiting for the next video! :)
humbled...always working on the next one...
감사합니다. 많이 배우고 가요.
thx for. i learned a lot of design processes and archtecture.
this is wonderful, thanks for making and uploading this video. excellent content
+30X40 Design Workshop Another stellar entry in the canon of contemporary thoughts in architecture. We are truly grateful
kind of you to say...thanks for you continued support!
hi.material selection, its a very interesting topic, as a student this semester in my architecture design class, we are learning to develop a building that firstly answers to the rural community that we are working for out side of the city, and at the same time working with local materials, in special with guadua (a kind of bambú) as the estructure of most of the buildings, and other complementary materials for the guadua and the sites we are analysing, giving a response to the different necessities of the community, but we haven´t ended that study process, this video has contributed to this process.thanks.
sounds like an interesting project brief...i've no experience with bamboo (other than as flooring)...best of luck to you...
What an awesome video. Thanks!!
Amazing! very inspirational. Thank you!
Perfect as always! Keep the good work!
thanks Federico...appreciate it...
Excellent, as always.
The architects he mentions to research:
- Tadao Ando
- Louis Kahn
- Peter Zumthor
- Le Corbusier
- (Hugo Alvar Henrik) Aalto
Much appreciated
Thank you!!!
shou sugi ban technique on a larger gauge cedar might of been an option for the decking.
Really enjoying the content 👏🏼
It's good when clients see the materials as they will be, not as they are, and is willing to compromise on cost in order to ensure the delivery of a quality building with longevity and strength.
Unfortunately most of the clients we work with don't look at it that way, and go against our advice to produce buildings of poorer quality, lacking simple elements which can save so much money and time later on. It can be frustrating to try and convince them material wise when you know what's best and what options will last longest and optimise the scheme, but in the end it is their money and they are simply employing our services to design something they ask for. Its our job to follow their brief, but also to have these persuasive conversations with them and to inform where possible. It's not necessarily always going to work in our favour, but if the client sticks to their guns then there are other options, and we just have to work with that. 'Cheap' doesn't always mean tacky, and even if they want generic materials which save time and cost, there are other ways of making a building successful.
But materials for me are _so_ important, especially early on in the design. Clarifying the limits of potential materials with the client and getting a feel for their opinion even in the early concept design is vital to achieve a strong scheme, and can influence decisions later on in the process.
You inspire us to kepp doing what we do . Many tnx
Amazing video… Very informative! Thank you so much 30X40 Design Workshop.
Legend. Thank you very much, Eric.
appreciate the kind words my friend...cheers...
I really appreciate your whole content!
10-4 my friend...
30X40 Design Workshop I have been taking notice of your content lately and I am learning alot, I do architectural drawings here in Jamaica where I am located. Thanks
Great video! Thank you.
Wow this was great! Thank you
Hi Eric, love your videos!
Just wondering if you could point me in the direction of the supplier of the timber stain?
Thanks so much
I like the way you think.
Excellent Presentation ... Thank You !!
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That was a great video! Love your channel!
+Jake Kroft thank you my friend..,
Great video 🤙🏼super informative!
Great video Eric.
+John Boccuzzi ...respect...!
this is a great video, thank u so so so much!
Love your videos!! Congrats
respect...+cheers...
great informative video mate..thanks for sharing! :)
for sure +Rohit B...
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Holy shit I'm in my final semester of master of architecture and watching this video made me realise I take materials for granted. Very informative and eye opening! Thanks for the video
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Great video!
Eric, you should be a professor for design (if you are not already one).
Learning a lot from your videos.
thanks my friend...I think this is the future of architectural learning...right here on TH-cam...
amazing knowledge
hi, i love your videos and i'm curious where can i get the material board?
Great videos ! recently qualified architect here from co.down ireland, how do you go about collecting samples of timber and stone ? rather than just contacting the manufacturer
great vid! I'm starting to pass them around to my interns ^^. initially I was keeping them to myself to enjoy with a glass of whisky on the long nights working on projects. But not any more! mandatory watching for interns! and they really like it :D
are you sharing the whiskey with them too...?
thanks for watching (and sharing)...!
some of them ^^ we have 5 youngsters with between 0 to 2 years of experience and not all like whiskey. but yes, we have evenings to chat about architecture, the world and stuff. keep up the good work! it's a real pleasure to watch somebody who doesn't have his head up his back side so far he forgot the basics of our trade ^^ I really hate when you get talked down to by some pompous fool who thinks he has the ultimate knowledge. You got it all right mate! tone, flow, subjects! great work!
Thank you!!!
Really good job
architecture is all about details !
(and materials)
Hey Eric great job! I was wondering if you keep a library/ inventory on hand?
yes I do...! I've been experimenting with the best way to keep them sorted and useful as an inspirational tool. I'll be sharing my system in the next video. thanks for watching!
This is a great video, wow
cheers my friend...
thank u for every things
Hey Eric, could you share the name of that beautiful location at 03:03 please? Thank you!
Your videos quite inspire me to do work...and teaches a lot..
Please do share some retaining wall designs+ materials for a sloping site..and how does retaining wall helps in design!.
many thanks for watching...I'll see what I can do about a retaining wall tutorial...cheers...
30X40 Design Workshop thankyou!!😁
I would also request to give some views on what all various methods are used for designing on sloping site..like cut and fill and etc...
Impressive video sir
Do you put this level of care and attention into your lifestyle decisions (i.e. clothes, car)? I'd be curious to hear about that.
i learn more from you than my professors
Very nice. Have you ever worked on a building meant to contrast with its surrounding wilderness?