Computational design and innovative production methods -- Post-industrial robotics: analysis of case studies to explore informed architecture -- Performative architecture and clay materials. Overview of the main research paths in the European context -- Harvard Gsd, Ceramic Shading System -- Harvard Ggsd, Flowing Matter -- Harvard Gsd, Revolving Brick -- Harvard Gsd, Woven clay -- CODESIGNLAB , Ceramica Performativa -- TU Delft, Informed materiality -- Performative architecture and wood materials. Overview of the main research paths in the European context -- ICD, Research Pavilion 2011 -- ETH, The sequantial roof -- ETH, Topology optimization -- AA , WoodChip Burn -- ICD, Robotic Softness -- ICD, Graded Light in Aggregate Structures -- Performative architecture and plastic materials. Overview of the main research paths in the European context -- ETH, Acoustic bricks -- ETH, Mesh mould -- TU Delft, Additive manufacturing for acoustic -- TU Delft, Additive Manufacturing for daylight -- MIT, Robotics Enabled Stress Line -- Solar bytes Pavilion -- Graz University of Technology, D-FORM -- AA, Automated Robotic Fabrication -- Fab Union, Light Vault -- Trivoc -- TU Delft, Informed porosity -- Performative architecture and metal materials. Overview of the main research paths in the European context -- Virginia Tech, Automating eclips -- Performative architecture and fiber materials. Overview of the main research paths in the European context -- ICD, Research Pavilion 2013-2014 -- ICD, Research Pavilion 2014-2015 -- ICD, Research Pavilion 2016-2017 -- Feedback on the design processes for the realization of informed architectures.

This book highlights the concept of informed architecture as an alternative to performance-based approaches. Starting with an analysis of the state of art, the book defines an operative methodology in which performative parameters lead to the generation of the shape becoming the design’s input, rather than being mere quantitative parameters. It then uses case studies to investigate the methodology. Lastly, the book discusses a novel way of conceiving and using the manufacturing tool, which is the basis for the definition of informed architectures in relation to data usage and the optimization process.