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Author(s) -
Alonso Hernan Diaz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1782
Subject(s) - architecture , ethos , bridging (networking) , architectural engineering , sociology , principal (computer security) , architectural design , engineering ethics , engineering , computer science , political science , law , visual arts , computer security , art
Abstract The last two decades have brought with them unprecedented technological changes that have had a far‐reaching impact on design ethos and culture. Hernan Diaz Alonso , Principal of Xefirotarch and Professor of Architecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI‐Arc), reflects on the nature of these changes: observing that as ‘criticality in architecture’ is ‘replaced by talent’ or ‘virtuosity’, there is a greater ‘focus on specific architectural or design problems’. This brings with it a shift from the design detail, reliant on technical expertise and precision, to ‘the close‐up’ that is more concerned with resolution and the conceptual, bridging the gap between the intellectual and the physical.