He begins in 1992 when the digital turn begun. Technology was rapidly developing and so design was bound to develop as well. Spline modellers was an upcoming software that enabled the manipulation of curves that were on the computer screen using vectors or control points.
Theories then began circulating. Computational system theories that would incorporate complex science into becoming self-sufficiently organised was a theory of the Post Modernism digital design era.
A software that enabled the customisation of digital mass was introduced as Building Information Modelling, or BIM. It aided in the digital design for construction, and building jobs. This then formed further into the aesthetic sides. Visual components such as environment, and lighting were becoming more aware to the designs and added another level of depth. And so on Mario Carpo divulges into the timeline of the digital boom.
Mario Carpo’s ideas that “the notion that an electrically operated abacus can emulate workings of nature and the faculties of human thinking may appear as a long shot; yet this is what research in artificial intelligence is often about” is very interesting to me. It explores the idea of the computational world and the robotic nature of them colliding and meshing together with the human side.
This is what we are exploring as students undertaking Computational Design; how we as humans can use our skills and knowledge to develop our ideas into digital fabrications.
Readings:
“The Digital Turn in Architecture 1992 – 2012” by Mario Carpo
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