Chosen faculty: Architectural Computing
Reflecting on Greg Lynn's theory of the "Paperless Studio." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blobitecture
When it comes to the process of creating buildings themselves, the industry works its way through huge amounts of paper. Buildings are no longer just designed visually and spatially; they are “computed” via interconnected databases. In architecture we talk about space and form, and the computer is transforming every aspect of how architects are able to work, from sketching their first impressions of an idea to creating complex construction documents. By taking drawings into the 3-D, it allows one to layer a drawing on top of another, building on what they have drawn before and, again, creating a personal, emotional connection with the work. Not only do software systems “amount to considerable savings in the construction process,” but it allows designers of the environment, and architects, to consider the experience and meaning of the building. Gehry hopes that this increased efficiency can show an alternative, less wasteful way to produce architecture. He cites how education systems can improve simply by providing software systems. “My dream is to do buildings paperless. And it can be done”, he says.
References:
Red
Stott , Rory. "Gehry’s Software Enters the Cloud, Promotes Paperless Construction" 16 Apr 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed 13 May 2013. http://www.archdaily.com/360262
Blue
Graves, Michael. “Architecture and the Lost Art of Drawing” September 1, 2012. Princeton, NJ. ArchDaily. Accessed 11 May 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/opinion/sunday/architecture-and-the-lost-art-of-drawing.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=general&src=me
Green
Vinnitskaya , Irina. "TED Talk: Why Architects Need to Use their Ears / Julian Treasure" 28 Sep 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed 11 May 2013. http://www.archdaily.com/274832
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