Claying Architecture: Making Machine and Material Kin presents a curated collection of essays, interviews and projects from leading architects, designers and researchers who are analyzing the role of clay 3D printing in contemporary architecture. The book blends research, theory and practice to highlight how this ancient material is being reimagined through 3D printing, robotic fabrication and innovative construction techniques.
Through original essays and project showcases, Claying Architecture brings together 30 plus voices from contemporary architectural academia and practice to interrogate why clay is a protagonist in contemporary architecture as an agent capable of binding new kinships between processes, environments and culture. In this sense, our ‘kinship’ with the machines of digital fabrication mirrors our ‘kinship’ with one another and opens up ways to reflect on how 3D printing clay is a method to reconsider how we code, construct and conceive architecture.
