Text as Material: ASCII and Unicode Pattern Systems

This exposition presents a practice-based research investigation into pattern formation using ASCII and Unicode character systems as primary visual material. Working exclusively within live text environments, the project explores how complex visual and architectural structures emerge from rule-based constraints, repetition, and minimal computational resources. Treating text not as language but as material, the work examines generative logic, duration, and modularity as foundations for sustainable, post-material visual research. keywords: ASCII, Unicode, text as material, pattern systems, rule-based design, generative abstraction, architectural graphic systems, practice-based research, digital minimalism