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Tech's Teaching Moment: The Shape of Culture in the Post‐Blob Era
Author(s) -
Nobel Philip
Publication year - 2020
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.2608
Subject(s) - ethos , aerospace , workflow , architecture , morse code , computer science , engineering , sociology , visual arts , art , aerospace engineering , political science , law , telecommunications , database
In the aerospace and automobile industries, while the continuing adoption of digital technologies results in streamlining workflows and procurement practices, faster prototyping and virtual simulations, it has not radically redesigned the form of the car or the shape of an aircraft. In architecture, however, the assimilation of digital technologies has been used to create new forms. Philip Nobel , editorial director at SHoP Architects, runs us through the practice's ethos of curiosity and restraint in respect of the digital.