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authors Dimitris Papanikolaou
year 2008
title From Representation of States to Description of Processes
source Proceedings of 1st International Conference: Critical Digital, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 2008: 311-318
summary Introduction of digital technologies in architecture has generated a great amount of hesitation and criticism about the role of design and its relation to the artifact. This confusion seems to stem from the dual nature of design as representation of the form and as a description of its production process. Today architects urge to adopt digital tools to explore complex forms often without understanding the complexity of the underlying production techniques. As a consequence, architects have been accused of making designs that they do not know how to build. Why is this happening today? It seems that while technology has progressed, the design strategy has remained the same. This paper will deal with the following question: What matters in design? The paper will reveal fundamental problems, attempt to answer this question, and suggest new directions for design strategies today. The conclusion of this paper is that digital design should also aim to describe process of production rather than solely represent form.
keywords Description, Artifact, Digital, Process, Assembly, Value Chain
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