French social caricaturists in the mid-nineteenth century portray prevailing public opinion of doctors as ‘quacks,’ medicine as ‘quackery.’ Architects are equally derided for their intuitive methods. Doctors took such criticism seriously and responded with concerted effort to engender trust. They surpassed their architectural counterparts at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and, two-hundred years hence, have become regarded as providers of services critical to preserving public health, safety, and welfare. Architects never challenged such authority – arguing, perhaps, that an improper handling of the scalpel might entail consequences comparable to brick or steel. ____________________________
Technologically-driven form-finding is not an attempt to pre-configure or automate design. A pushbutton, one-size-fits-all approach holds no quarter. Performative feedback is intended to increase the amount of design information available to architects, not decide for them. The Digital Design Ecosystem will necessitate training architecture students to calibrate and test the tools they are employing, in order to fully understand and validate the results being generated – as medical interns have done for years. Architectural licensure can then be governed by substantial hands-on practice, with expertise derived from implementation of fundamental design principals and metrics.
via The Digital Design Ecosystem:Toward a Pre-Rational Architecture.
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