It is true that technology affects the technical, and the technical affects technique. Technology can even change the way a human thinks, therefore changing his technique in life. With technology bringing on new technology, and therefore bringing new technicalities, new techniques are developed. By the end of one’s life, he or she will have a whole collection of techniques in every aspect of his or her life, and that is what people call “wise.” The older one becomes, the wiser he or she becomes. Why is this? Not only has he or she had more experience in life and in work and in school, etc, but he or she has also come up with his or her own set of techniques to go by, day by day, and survive the day without too much struggle.
Perhaps by knowing a few handy techniques, one could come up with a single dandy technique. Therefore, one is coming up with his or her own new technology to apply to his or her own life. For example, the Eameses came up with a new technology and technique to manufacture a piece of chair furniture by combining about six different techniques: using a bicycle pump, electrical heater, plaster mold, and rubber tire membrane, and they would press the heated plywood against a plaster mold, and laminate the layers of wood. The Eameses are a perfect example of a “wise” couple who would come up with their own techniques by using whatever technologies where available to them and apply it to life by using it in their designs in furniture and architecture.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Ana Lucia Teran
ADGM – 320 – 01
Marcella del Signore
3 February 2009
Reading 1
In the Medieval times, designers were, overall, the “master builders” of their works. For example, an architect would, first of all, learn how to paint. Then, by shadowing an artist or other architect, he would learn little by little how the daily life of an architect went. By doing this, he, himself, would grow to be an architect and begin creating buildings for his town. By “creating,” I mean he would be the designer, engineer, and builder. Somewhere between those times to present time, this “master builder” role of a medieval designer was lost. The use of technology, such as four-dimensional modeling, can help present day designers gain back more and more of the earlier roles of the medieval designer.
Designing, always my first option, should start with site analysis, some precedent studies, then finally sketching on paper. When your design becomes further developed, it should then transfer digitally onto a computer designing program. This way, the designer can start thinking about set dimensions and measurements for any plan, section, and elevation drawings. If something should be changed in the design, it could be done just by a few swift movements of the mouse. There are designers out there, however, who have simply thrown out their drawing boards and have kept up with all of their designs completely digitally. There are those who claim they can design totally on the computer. They say it even helps with designing because there are certain shapes that the human mind cannot picture in the brain or put onto paper so easily. With new digital technology, what would have taken several hours to draw can now only take several minutes. It saves a lot of time, energy, and could save you some money. And if you really go into it, it could save the earth because you would not have to use so many trees by using paper, pencils, etc. There are new designing programs that can even calculate technical problems, such as where you can put tubing for water, air, electric wiring, etc. Perhaps maybe sometime soon there will be a program that will be able to calculate things that design engineers do. Once this is fully achieved, a present day designer can once again be a “master builder.”
ADGM – 320 – 01
Marcella del Signore
3 February 2009
Reading 1
In the Medieval times, designers were, overall, the “master builders” of their works. For example, an architect would, first of all, learn how to paint. Then, by shadowing an artist or other architect, he would learn little by little how the daily life of an architect went. By doing this, he, himself, would grow to be an architect and begin creating buildings for his town. By “creating,” I mean he would be the designer, engineer, and builder. Somewhere between those times to present time, this “master builder” role of a medieval designer was lost. The use of technology, such as four-dimensional modeling, can help present day designers gain back more and more of the earlier roles of the medieval designer.
Designing, always my first option, should start with site analysis, some precedent studies, then finally sketching on paper. When your design becomes further developed, it should then transfer digitally onto a computer designing program. This way, the designer can start thinking about set dimensions and measurements for any plan, section, and elevation drawings. If something should be changed in the design, it could be done just by a few swift movements of the mouse. There are designers out there, however, who have simply thrown out their drawing boards and have kept up with all of their designs completely digitally. There are those who claim they can design totally on the computer. They say it even helps with designing because there are certain shapes that the human mind cannot picture in the brain or put onto paper so easily. With new digital technology, what would have taken several hours to draw can now only take several minutes. It saves a lot of time, energy, and could save you some money. And if you really go into it, it could save the earth because you would not have to use so many trees by using paper, pencils, etc. There are new designing programs that can even calculate technical problems, such as where you can put tubing for water, air, electric wiring, etc. Perhaps maybe sometime soon there will be a program that will be able to calculate things that design engineers do. Once this is fully achieved, a present day designer can once again be a “master builder.”
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