ARCHITECTURE, TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN TECHNIQUES
The architecture that is produced today represents different times.
Depending on the places in which the examples are taken in consideration
people can see young old products of architecture. Those young old
elements are a result of the alienation that dominates the mentality of the
human being according to its conditions. Some people just close their eyes to
the possibilities that the world has to offer. The relationship between
technology and the creative process is an example of a range of possibilities
that are offered today. Many are the softwares that aid in the development
of ideas, projects, etc. However, the use of those tools are becoming even
more frequent, it is noticeable a certain amount of prejudice surrounding the
discussion of how effective those softwares can be.
It is interesting how the world reacts to the new. It does not matter in which
field it is applied, there are always positive, negative and neutral opinions
about the introduction of determined thing. Although the use of
computational design techniques in the architecture field is not so recent,
new materials and possibilities are released frequently. These are capable
of improve the results that were achieved before as well as add new ideas
that can be integrated in the creative process.
With the aid of these softwares the architecture of the future can be
materialized in a smaller amount of time, different if it were produced only
with the use of traditional techniques. Parametrical design might generate
the idea of future, although we can notice examples of parametrical models
that certainly were produced by using traditional techniques, the
introduction of softwares that can improve the efficiency of the design
according to different aspects represents a big step in the association
between technology and the production of ideas.
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Felix Candela and the use of parametrical design techiniquesin the XX centurysource:www.tectonicablog.com
Xochimilco Restaurant
Navarte Church
Parabloide
Palacio dos Deportes
ARCHITECTURE, TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN TECHNIQUES
Physical examples of the use of those associations are becoming each time
more frequent. It represents the acceptance of those ideas by the designers
and also the discovery of how to work with the tools that technology has to
offer in order to achieve determined result. In some countries of the Middle
East those examples of contemporary architecture are already icons of
determined cities, most of them have an important ideological meaning to
those cultures, they do not represent just a building itself.
The Burj Al Arab for example, was created to be iconic, people were
supposed to see the building and reference it to the city of Dubai, something
that was extremely successful. The exterior and interior of that building
represents the use of great design techniques in accordance with the
environment of the new city. Abu Dhabi, another Middle Eastern city also has
many buildings that were designed with the aid of computational techniques,
the Yas Viceroy and its cover is already an icon of this city and what it
represents to the world nowadays.
With the aid of technology the architecture of the future is being created.
The discoveries and productions that have led to the moment lived now have
showed that the evolution of techniques applied in the design process are
constantly changing and have proved to be very effective. As far as the
possibilities can take the designers the more varied will be the results
achieved. The questions behind the discussion about the acceptance of
contemporary computational design techniques are not related to the style
of the designer, but the way how those people can perceive the possibilities
that are offered by the evolution of knowledge.
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References
WOODBURY, Robert (2010). Elements of Parametric Design (London: Routledge) pp. 7-48
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Yas Viceroy Hotelsource: http://visitabudhabi.ae/
Burj Al Arabsource: http://dimscale.blogspot.com.au