In the Twenty First Century, we are seeing more paperless
studios across the world, with architects moving towards computer aided design over
the more traditional methods of using paper. Before the fourteenth century when
paper was introduced into the architecture industry, architectural drawings
were created on ‘papyrus and parchment[1]’,
but were ‘merely replicas of the
paperless drawings taking place on construction sites[2]’.
Interestingly enough, Architecture had ‘begun as a paperless practice[3]’
and paper itself has ‘kept its position
as one of the most significant technological presences in the building and
design industry[4]’. ‘The use of paper had accomplished the move
from an interpretation of architectural projects based on analogical
expressions to the virtues of analogical manifestations[5]’.
In the years after, the architectural draftsmen’s drawings ‘evolved into a document of legal status and
restricted content[6]’.
A revolutionary change occurred in the
late twentieth century whereby the ‘drawing
was no longer a static document, but an evolving bank of parametric data[7]’.
With this came a view of the fabrication process, and following the Industrial
Revolution, ‘skills became more
consistent, specialised and factory based[8].
Although these skills were in high demand at the time, by the twenty first
century there was a ‘shift away from specialisation
to a world that recognises the virtue of hybrid skills[9].
The evolution of digital fabrication
enabled a change that gave the architect the ‘ability to export geometric and binary data in the appropriate format
within the software package[10]’.
This provided the means to ‘fabricate customised objects of a complexity that
would have been prohibitively difficult or costly to make in the past[11]’.
Throughout this progression models were often made for ‘descriptive, predictive, exploratory or planning purposes[12]’, often addressing three questions, ‘what was the model made for; what the model
was made of; and how the model engaged with time[13]’.
There are many ways to witness the process of a model, and all too often the ‘building is projected as a scaled-up version
of the architect’s model[14]’,
rather than a process of ‘modelling the
building[15]’.
The twenty first century appears
to be turning to CAD to further designs and bridge the gap between many
disciplines within the design industry, however, the use of earlier tools and
equipment within the industry still play an important role for designers.
[1] Frascari, M., Hale, J. and Starkey, B. (2007). From models
to drawings. London: Routledge. p25
[2] Frascari, M., Hale, J. and Starkey, B. (2007). From models
to drawings. London: Routledge. p25
[3] Frascari, M., Hale, J. and Starkey, B. (2007). From models
to drawings. London: Routledge. p27
[4] Frascari, M., Hale, J. and Starkey, B. (2007). From models
to drawings. London: Routledge. p24
[5] Frascari, M., Hale, J. and Starkey, B. (2007). From models
to drawings. London: Routledge. p27
[6] Sheil, B. (2005). Transgression from drawing to making. arq:
Architectural Research Quarterly, 9(01), p22
[7] Sheil, B. (2005). Transgression from drawing to making. arq:
Architectural Research Quarterly, 9(01), p23
[8] Sheil, B. (2005). Transgression from drawing to making. arq:
Architectural Research Quarterly, 9(01), p24
[9] Sheil, B. (2005). Transgression from drawing to making. arq:
Architectural Research Quarterly, 9(01), p24
[10] Sheil, B. (2005). Transgression from drawing to making. arq:
Architectural Research Quarterly, 9(01), p24
[11] Sheil, B. (2005). Transgression from drawing to making. arq:
Architectural Research Quarterly, 9(01), p24
[12] Starkey, B. (2005). Architectural models: material,
intellectual, spiritual. arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, 9(3-4),
p265
[13] Starkey, B. (2005). Architectural models: material,
intellectual, spiritual. arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, 9(3-4),
p.265
[14] Starkey, B. (2005). Architectural models: material,
intellectual, spiritual. arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, 9(3-4),
p.271
[15] Starkey, B. (2005). Architectural models: material,
intellectual, spiritual. arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, 9(3-4),
p.271
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