Self-Assembly Lab

Skylar Tibbits (MIT, USA)

ISBN 10: 1138910031 / ISBN 13: 9781138910034

Published by Taylor & Francis, 2016

Seller Inventory # 595439643

Synopsis:

What if structures could build themselves or adapt to fluctuating environments? Skylar Tibbits, Director of the Self-Assembly Lab in the Department of Architecture at MIT, Cambridge, MA, crosses the boundaries between architecture, biology, materials science and the arts, to envision a world where material components can self-assemble to provide adapting structures and optimized fabrication solutions. The book examines the three main ingredients for self-assembly, includes interviews with practitioners involved in the work and presents research projects related to these topics to provide a complete first look at exciting future technologies in construction and self-transforming material products.

About the Author:

Skylar Tibbits is faculty at MIT's Department of Architecture, teaching graduate and undergraduate design studios and co-teaching How to Make (Almost) Anything, a seminar at MIT’s Media Lab. The Self-Assembly Lab, directed by Skylar Tibbits and Jared Laucks, focuses on self-assembly and programmable material technologies for novel manufacturing, products and construction processes.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Self-Assembly Lab
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New