Flow & Matrix

Atlas of Novel Tectonics: Introduction

“We hold to the idea that architecture is not simply reducible to the container and the contained but that there exists a dynamic exchange between the life of matter and the matter of our lives.” P.34

Flow |flō|

Verb

• Contours and rates of change in data

• Patterns of material action

• Flow of information, people, and materials (energy-matter-potential)

• to move along or out steadily and continuously in a current or stream

• (of the sea or a tidal river) move toward the land; rise.

• circulate continuously within a particular system

• proceed or be produced smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly

• ( flow from) result from; be caused by

• (of a solid) undergo a permanent change of shape under stress, without melting.

Matrix |ˈmātriks|

Noun

• An environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium or structure

• A mass of fine-grained rock in which gems, crystals, or fossils are embedded.

• A mold in which something, such as printing type or a phonograph record, is cast or shaped.

• An organizational structure in which two or more lines of command, responsibility, or communication may run through the same individual.

• In Mathematics: a rectangular array of quantities or expressions in rows and columns that is treated as a single entity and manipulated according to particular rules.

• In Biology the substance between cells or in which structures are embedded.