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Material Matters is an exhibition presenting works of architecture and design by five firms that have generated innovative prototypes by combining material experimentation with advanced digital technologies. Each project—from the Saltygloo, a lightweight structure whose unique translucent blocks are 3D printed using locally harvested salt, to the sculpted fluid wood interior of the Grotto Sauna—exploits the capacity of technology to redefine the fabrication process according to complex formal and material logics while simultaneously exhibiting a deep commitment to craft and its evolution in design. These works dramatically transform both objects and spaces, while reshaping the very elements out of which architecture is made.
Design firms: Emerging Objects (San Francisco, CA, USA), Matter Design (Boston, MA, USA), Radical Craft & G!LL!S (Los Angeles, CA, USA), Partisans (Toronto, ON), Specific Objects (Brooklyn, NY, USA).
Exhibition Curation: Ila Berman + DATAlab: Mona El Khafif, Maya Przybylski
Production Assistant: Yuchen Zhang
Waterloo Architecture
7 Melville Street South
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
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The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Office of Indigenous Relations.