Comments on: Thesis Proposal http://www.projectione.com/thesis-proposal/ [n. proj-ekt wuhn] 1. a collaborative; a network engaging cooperative relationships between analog and digital in design and fabrication. 2. a new understanding of tools, processes, methods that reveals innovative solutions to design problems and expressions of craft. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:11:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Josh-e http://www.projectione.com/thesis-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Josh-e Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:06:15 +0000 http://www.projectione.com/?p=595#comment-32 "We are interested in how the plasterer’s expertise could feed back into the formal development of the model. How could the analog process change the way that the wall is developed digitally? How can this relationship and dialogue take on within a more integrated and cyclical model? Can the techniques of the artisan be implemented in conjunction with the CNC operations, not simply in preparation for finishing? The existing relationship between digital and analog tools is linear and an extension of traditional processes. The designer defines the parameters (materials and methods) while the craftsman, contractor, or assembler is charged with working within the confines of those rules. Arguments have been made for integrated project delivery which involves these people in design decisions early on, but we are not focusing on that idea. What is critical to us is how those interactions take place, not whether they take place." Sorry for the long quote, but it leaves me wondering if the production of architecture has always been "this way". The word "architect" comes from the Greek word "techne". In your opinion, when/where did we stray from our roots? Another word I can't stop thinking about, but perhaps not adequately addressed above is "complexity". I would be curious to get your take on the meaning and desirability of complexity. Perhaps this might help to develop a more thorough framework to examine your idea of digital tools as interlocutors with their human counterparts. “We are interested in how the plasterer’s expertise could feed back into the formal development of the model. How could the analog process change the way that the wall is developed digitally? How can this relationship and dialogue take on within a more integrated and cyclical model? Can the techniques of the artisan be implemented in conjunction with the CNC operations, not simply in preparation for finishing?

The existing relationship between digital and analog tools is linear and an extension of traditional processes. The designer defines the parameters (materials and methods) while the craftsman, contractor, or assembler is charged with working within the confines of those rules. Arguments have been made for integrated project delivery which involves these people in design decisions early on, but we are not focusing on that idea. What is critical to us is how those interactions take place, not whether they take place.”

Sorry for the long quote, but it leaves me wondering if the production of architecture has always been “this way”. The word “architect” comes from the Greek word “techne”. In your opinion, when/where did we stray from our roots?

Another word I can’t stop thinking about, but perhaps not adequately addressed above is “complexity”. I would be curious to get your take on the meaning and desirability of complexity. Perhaps this might help to develop a more thorough framework to examine your idea of digital tools as interlocutors with their human counterparts.

]]> By: Erik http://www.projectione.com/thesis-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Erik Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:04:37 +0000 http://www.projectione.com/?p=595#comment-22 you guys might want to chech this out. http://www.bitsnpiecesnyc.com/ you guys might want to chech this out.

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