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

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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