>We are working on the project called "The Architecture School of the
>Future", and would like to hear any idea about it. We will really
>appreciate your input.
>CONCEPT-----------------------------------------------------
>As we move toward a future where information technologies become
>increasingly integrated into everyday life, we need to be familiar
>with these technologies in order to perform even the most basic of
>functions. From the current flood of raw data, we must find a way to
>extrapolate only the relevant.
>One goal of design professionals is to provide others, typically by the
>filtering and organizing of information, a clear reading of the future.
>Designers must recognize the power of currently-developing
>information technologies, specifically the potential for analysis,
>organization, production and dissemination, and by actively
>integrating these technologies into the design process, safeguard
>against the passive consumption of information.
>For the design practice of the future, this group envisions an
>integrative design attitude embracing a comprehensive
>implementation and documentation of the design process through
>electronic media. We propose to study the impact and implications
>of such technologies on the practice of design through the speculation
>and analysis of possible environments in The School of Architecture
>of the Future. It is our hope, that in the process, we might discover
>new ways of thinking and new tools that would be appropriate for all
>design environments of the future.
>OUTPUT
>Using documentation of the "Electronic Design Studios" currently
>being given at MIT and the GSD in which the impact of digital media
>on design is being explored, this group hopes to anticipate possible
>scenarios for The School of Architecture of the Future. These might
>include:
>1. A virtual environment in which three-dimensional objects could
>be freely created, manipulated, and studied by beginning design
>students thereby introducing them to the three-dimensional
>design world.
>2. A library of digital models of important buildings for studies in
>the History of Architecture and in analyses of space and form.
>The notion of "Field Trip" transformed.
>3. A menu of approaches to design in which models of
>design/thought processes by mature and experienced architects
>might provide students ideas on the structuring of the design
>process.
>4. An electronic model of the building process, including conceptual
>design, structural analysis, cost estimation, office/site
>management, final construction,etc... which would provide
>students an holistic, comprehensive view of architectural practice.
>5. A virtual space in which collaboration is promoted by the
>heightened conceptualization and communication of design ideas
>by disparate, and potentially remote, designers/non-designers.
>6. A connection to all publicly available information databases
>around the world allowing students access to information on any
>given site anywhere in the world. Sanborn maps become obsolete.
>Remotely operated video cameras (not unlike the telemedical
>robotics of the future) preclude the traditional site visit.
>7. An option to pursue a "telestudio" with a geographically remote
>critic, potentially giving rise to an "international lottery" or to
>"telejuries."
>Additionally, it is the intention of this group to identify potential
>problems or shortcomings of the technologies in use and the
>environments which have emerged from their use. For example:
>1. The issue of accountability and modes of behavior in an
>environment in which traditional means of social interaction and
>identity are ocluded.
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Please e-mail to any of us if it's possible.
?
|It *is* possible. It should be done.
However, NAAB stands in the way of its implementation with such requirements
as (the old notions of) "studio" and "faculty offices". The current
facilities in architecture schools are somewhat modelled on the old Ecole
des Beau Arts models. The current schools are filled with people who are
fearful of loosing their power to "teach" rather than giving students the
power to learn. The numbers of students are limited in that kind of system.
Other systems can "serve" as many as 15 000 students at one institution.
The new technology will increase the learning environment to millions of
research/learners. The current faculty populations continue to think in
terms of defensive measures to protect their positions and their institutions.
However, the fragmentation of both these position and these institutions are
now occurring by means of the new technology of telecommunications. Ivan
Illich seems to have been right on track with his predictions about "Deschool-
ing Society". Of course it is possible --- and desirable, but in the process
more of society must be given the opportunity to partake in the exchange of
information by this means. When can the results of the study be seen?
Thanks. Howard
g
>Thanks!
>Chi-Yi Chang (chiyi@xxxxxxx)
>Kevin Chao (gsd94kc1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>John Goldsmith (gsd94jg4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>Lauren Harvey (gsd94lh2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>Future", and would like to hear any idea about it. We will really
>appreciate your input.
>CONCEPT-----------------------------------------------------
>As we move toward a future where information technologies become
>increasingly integrated into everyday life, we need to be familiar
>with these technologies in order to perform even the most basic of
>functions. From the current flood of raw data, we must find a way to
>extrapolate only the relevant.
>One goal of design professionals is to provide others, typically by the
>filtering and organizing of information, a clear reading of the future.
>Designers must recognize the power of currently-developing
>information technologies, specifically the potential for analysis,
>organization, production and dissemination, and by actively
>integrating these technologies into the design process, safeguard
>against the passive consumption of information.
>For the design practice of the future, this group envisions an
>integrative design attitude embracing a comprehensive
>implementation and documentation of the design process through
>electronic media. We propose to study the impact and implications
>of such technologies on the practice of design through the speculation
>and analysis of possible environments in The School of Architecture
>of the Future. It is our hope, that in the process, we might discover
>new ways of thinking and new tools that would be appropriate for all
>design environments of the future.
>OUTPUT
>Using documentation of the "Electronic Design Studios" currently
>being given at MIT and the GSD in which the impact of digital media
>on design is being explored, this group hopes to anticipate possible
>scenarios for The School of Architecture of the Future. These might
>include:
>1. A virtual environment in which three-dimensional objects could
>be freely created, manipulated, and studied by beginning design
>students thereby introducing them to the three-dimensional
>design world.
>2. A library of digital models of important buildings for studies in
>the History of Architecture and in analyses of space and form.
>The notion of "Field Trip" transformed.
>3. A menu of approaches to design in which models of
>design/thought processes by mature and experienced architects
>might provide students ideas on the structuring of the design
>process.
>4. An electronic model of the building process, including conceptual
>design, structural analysis, cost estimation, office/site
>management, final construction,etc... which would provide
>students an holistic, comprehensive view of architectural practice.
>5. A virtual space in which collaboration is promoted by the
>heightened conceptualization and communication of design ideas
>by disparate, and potentially remote, designers/non-designers.
>6. A connection to all publicly available information databases
>around the world allowing students access to information on any
>given site anywhere in the world. Sanborn maps become obsolete.
>Remotely operated video cameras (not unlike the telemedical
>robotics of the future) preclude the traditional site visit.
>7. An option to pursue a "telestudio" with a geographically remote
>critic, potentially giving rise to an "international lottery" or to
>"telejuries."
>Additionally, it is the intention of this group to identify potential
>problems or shortcomings of the technologies in use and the
>environments which have emerged from their use. For example:
>1. The issue of accountability and modes of behavior in an
>environment in which traditional means of social interaction and
>identity are ocluded.
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Please e-mail to any of us if it's possible.
?
|It *is* possible. It should be done.
However, NAAB stands in the way of its implementation with such requirements
as (the old notions of) "studio" and "faculty offices". The current
facilities in architecture schools are somewhat modelled on the old Ecole
des Beau Arts models. The current schools are filled with people who are
fearful of loosing their power to "teach" rather than giving students the
power to learn. The numbers of students are limited in that kind of system.
Other systems can "serve" as many as 15 000 students at one institution.
The new technology will increase the learning environment to millions of
research/learners. The current faculty populations continue to think in
terms of defensive measures to protect their positions and their institutions.
However, the fragmentation of both these position and these institutions are
now occurring by means of the new technology of telecommunications. Ivan
Illich seems to have been right on track with his predictions about "Deschool-
ing Society". Of course it is possible --- and desirable, but in the process
more of society must be given the opportunity to partake in the exchange of
information by this means. When can the results of the study be seen?
Thanks. Howard
g
>Thanks!
>Chi-Yi Chang (chiyi@xxxxxxx)
>Kevin Chao (gsd94kc1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>John Goldsmith (gsd94jg4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>Lauren Harvey (gsd94lh2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)