Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering

Directed by Michael Blackwood
2010    59m
Filmed in 2011 at the fourth conference on materials in architecture and engineering at Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, "Permanent Change" looks at the history and development of plastic within the architectural world. Capturing both a series of lectures and a panel with prominent names such as Steven Holl, Beatriz Colomina and Werner Sobek, this documentation observes detailed examples and lively debates regarding the popularization of plastic as a construction material. Addressing a number of contributing factors including design, engineering and form, the participants of the conference present a wide range of theories, analyses and predictions pertaining to plastics as an architectural material.
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Cast of Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering
  • Hernan Diaz AlsonsoSelf
  • Paola AntonelliSelf
  • Jack ArmstrongSelf
  • Michael BellSelf
  • Raimondo BettiSelf
  • Johan BettumSelf
  • Craig BuckleySelf
  • William F. CarrollSelf
  • Beatriz ColominaSelf
  • Winka DubbeldamSelf
  • Anna DysonSelf
  • Billie FairclothSelf
  • Mark GoulthorpeSelf
  • Michael GravesSelf
  • Laurie HawkinsonSelf
  • Juan HerrerosSelf
  • Steven HollSelf
  • George JeronimidisSelf
  • Lydia KallipolitiSelf
  • Brian KaneSelf
  • Sheila KennedySelf
  • Jan KnippersSelf
  • Craig KonykSelf
  • Sanford KwinterSelf
  • Sylvia LavinSelf
  • Chip LordSelf
  • Greg LynnSelf
  • Fabian MarcaccioSelf
  • Michael MeredithSelf
  • Erik OlsenSelf
  • Jorge Otero PailosSelf
  • William PearsonSelf
  • Werner PreuskerSelf
  • Theodore PrudonSelf
  • François RocheSelf
  • Hilary SampleSelf
  • Rita SchenckSelf
  • Felicity ScottSelf
  • Hartmut Oliver SinkwitzSelf
  • Werner SobekSelf
  • Galia SolomonoffSelf
  • Heiko TrumpfSelf
  • Ignaas VerpoestSelf
  • George WheelerSelf
  • Mark WigleySelf

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