Design to
Production
Non regular design process and the complex forms are becoming more ideally for the architectural industry. In the article “Materialising complexity” by Fabian Scheurer illustrates how algorithm is much easier to handle than the set of drawings, especially when it comes to changes. This new form of design to production did not erase the analogue process but only shift to higher degree of abstraction, programing instead of drawing. He also provides a comprehensive account of how this shift to curvilinear and complex forms has impacted on design and production methods, and the strengths and pitfalls of parametric design and CNC fabrication. (Scheurer 2014, pp. 283-291).
The importance of design to production was also illustrated in the articles “Information Master Builders”, by Branko Kolarevic as he discuss that in the past decades, there is a disassociation between architects and engineers as architects are to be seen as a draftsmen, a position with no control over the production process. As architectural industry immensely increased amount of information that needs to be handled in the planning phase. The integration of knowledge about structure, materials, fabrication and construction into the design is key to the creation of efficient planning and production processes. In other words, to become more like master builders (Kolarevic 2003, pp. 55-62).
Reference list
Klinger, K. (2008). Relations: Information Exchange in Designing and Making Architecture. Manufacturing material effects: rethinking design and making in architecture. B. Kolarevic and K. R. Klinger. New York, Routledge, pp. 26-36.
Kolarevic, B. (2003). Information Master
Builders. Architecture in the digital age: design and manufacturing. B. Kolarevic.
New York, NY, Spon Press, pp. 55-62.
Scheurer, F. (2014). Materialising Complexity. Theories
of the digital in architecture. R. Oxman and R. Oxman, pp. 283-291.
Non regular design process and the complex forms are becoming more ideally for the architectural industry. In the article “Materialising complexity” by Fabian Scheurer illustrates how algorithm is much easier to handle than the set of drawings, especially when it comes to changes. This new form of design to production did not erase the analogue process but only shift to higher degree of abstraction, programing instead of drawing. He also provides a comprehensive account of how this shift to curvilinear and complex forms has impacted on design and production methods, and the strengths and pitfalls of parametric design and CNC fabrication. (Scheurer 2014, pp. 283-291).
The importance of design to production was also illustrated in the articles “Information Master Builders”, by Branko Kolarevic as he discuss that in the past decades, there is a disassociation between architects and engineers as architects are to be seen as a draftsmen, a position with no control over the production process. As architectural industry immensely increased amount of information that needs to be handled in the planning phase. The integration of knowledge about structure, materials, fabrication and construction into the design is key to the creation of efficient planning and production processes. In other words, to become more like master builders (Kolarevic 2003, pp. 55-62).
Reference list
Klinger, K. (2008). Relations: Information Exchange in Designing and Making Architecture. Manufacturing material effects: rethinking design and making in architecture. B. Kolarevic and K. R. Klinger. New York, Routledge, pp. 26-36.
