Probe 12_Wind and Sun Studies

Probe 11_Spatial Joint

CANstruction_Team Ducky!!

Probe 8_More Renderings...

Probe 7_Modrawels in process

Probe 9 Adaptive Component

Thoughts about BIM to date….

Because BIM allows so many drawings to be produced from the same source, it seems that it has allowed architects to create more drawings faster, and more detailed than before. There are possibilities for hybridized drawings, 2D + 3D, that were previously much harder to achieve. I think it allows for more clarity as well, making the drawings richer in information.

The design process becomes more cohesive from the beginning because the architects are able to see the totality of the model and the drawings all at once. This changes the design process radically because the plan is no longer the “baseline” from which the design process begins.

It is also evident that to make good use of BIM modeling tools the designer needs to have a good understanding of building construction, tectonics and such. The program is very detailed, which makes it too complicated for someone that has no understanding of construction. Yet it is also a great learning tool.

The use of new software always leads to new problem solving skills because the user is limited by the possibilities of the program. Yet this also gives the opportunity for the creative use of the software to overcome the challenges. Creative thinking often results from these hardships.

I think BIM will enhance investigation of design opportunities in digital medial because the kind of simultaneity that it allows (plan, section, 3d, perspectives, all in real time) can lead to new investigations. Form becomes more complex, and the ability to build such forms and geometries is more reachable to the architect when she uses this type of software.

"Change or Perish" by Thom Mayne

Change or Perish

By Thom Mayne

This article reads as a manifesto on the future of architecture. Thom Mayne takes the very strong stance that if architects do not adapt and evolve with the advances of technologies and the way they can change design process, then architecture will “perish.” He claims that computer modeling has changed the way architects design, that two dimensional representation such as plans are sections are “dead” because with computer modeling the architects can view design in whole, what he calls a “new totality.” It’s interesting that this resonated with the previous readings where the authors also claim technology is allowing the architects to reclaim their status as builders, because with these new tools there is much more control, and emphasis on, construction methods. The authors talk about architecture as a representation of making and rather than as one-dimensional ideas that are often concentrating on style. “Survive or Perish,” is his message. Although that is very blunt, it seems to make absolute sense. The older ways of thinking and producing just don’t seem to compare with these newer methodologies.

Probe 6 Brickality