Computer Aided Design software has an unfortunate tendency to suppress the rich dimensions of computational complexity in favor of a feeble representation of dimension appropriately labeled D. 3D and 4D software applications categorically manifest either the three geometric axes of Cartesian space or the four axes of Minkowskian space-time in spatial dimensions. But all that these dimensional representations can portray are geometric simulations of objects in space. Computational multi-dimensionality as expressed in the mechanisms of numeric manipulation offers designers more: a space for design parallel to that space within which architects have traditionally designed.
To begin talking about The Mistaken Dimensionality of CAD, Brian Lonsway makes it clear that he stands on the more critical side of a long-lasting issue that has been raised to the public since the first time technology was introduced to architecture: do digital algorithms benefit or hinder architects in terms of making architecture? Trying to create softwares that can show the concepts of space and time altogether has been a goal for many in the recent years, but would a flat screen really be able to give justice to these three-dimensional ideas?
One of the negative impacts that are discussed in the article is the idea of representation. People always argue that without a [physical] model, it is very hard to understand the spatial relationship that resides within a scheme. Although there are architects who would prefer plan drawings to models, for most people (especially those who are not from a similar background) it is much more clear to see a space in a physically constructed form. Another issue architects have when using the digital means is that t...
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...digital algorithms are introduced to architects; it has happened in other fields before like when Elvis became a hit in the music industry and when iPhone was brought to the mass market. Whether it is for better or worse, one cannot simply stop an innovation from impacting his or her life. What one can do, is to meticulously evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of this new thing and carefully choose whether he or she wants to employ it and the amount of it he or she wishes to incorporate into the existing conditions. The same goes to architecture. Sometimes we ought to forget about what the computers can do and focus on what we can do to create architecture; through it, we will be able to understand architecture better and more comprehensively.
Works Cited
Lonsway, Brian. "The Mistaken Dimensionality of CAD." Journal of Architectural Education N/A (2002): 23.
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architecture to just the designing of buildings. He feels that architecture involves more than just
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