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ALUMInUM FoAM For strong but lightweight panels, this foam also absorbs sound and is both 100 percent recyclable and composed of post-industrial aluminum.
UTSoA MATErIALS LAB In addition to housing more than 27,000 samples in its physical collection, the Materials Lab maintains a public online database including manufacturer information and additional resources.
Photography: Zaneta Hong
“the challenge to the profession is to continue to evolve with new products, rather than going back to the tried and true.”
—r. J. Brennan, Associate IIDA, LEED AP, IA Interior Architects
With one of the largest materials libraries of any college or university in the country, the university of Texas at Austin school of Architecture’s university Co-op materials resource Center, or uTsoA materials Lab, continues to use the CsI standard of organization for its more than 27,000 samples. but encouraging curiosity is important, so the online catalogue presents different points of entry depending on the user’s interests: composition, form, process, properties, and applications. Design firms are getting involved in research as well. Launched in 2008 as a collaboration between rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and skidmore, owings & merrill, the Center for Architecture science and Ecology (CAsE) conducts research on sustainable systems and materials from indoor hydrophonic systems for improving building air quality and energy consumption to uses of agricultural
waste, like coconut husk, to make desiccant building materials in tropical climates. As many designers admit, the tricky part of navigating this exciting new world in which materials can kill germs and eat smog remains large-scale adoption of new material research and sourcing practices outside of academia. “The challenge to the profession is to continue to evolve with new products, rather than going back to the tried and true,” says r. J. brennan, Associate IIDA, LEED AP, an associate at IA Interior Architects in Chicago. brennan lectures frequently on the topic of nano-enabled materials—those that derive benefits from microscopic characteristics—such as nano-enabled carpet, which looks identical to a traditional one but has hydrophobic and antimicrobial properties that would allow it to be used in a hospital environment. That could in turn radically change
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2011
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2011
From IIDA
Contents
Q+A
Open Source
Power Tools
CEU Course
The Inside Picture
Social Network
Retaking Place
MythBusters
Design Decoded
Resources
Viewpoints
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IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2011 - From IIDA
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IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2011 - Q+A
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IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2011 - CEU Course
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IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2011 - The Inside Picture
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IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2011 - Social Network
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IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2011 - Retaking Place
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IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2011 - MythBusters
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IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2011 - Design Decoded
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IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2011 - Resources
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IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2011 - Viewpoints
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