Mayne and Eastman Reading

AIA Reports on Integrated Practice

“Change or Parish”

Radical is a word that comes to mind when one hears him talk. Yes, in order to survive we must adapt. Manyne says, “The tools we now utilize simplify these potentialities and make them logical, allowing us to produce spaces that even ten years ago would have been difficult to conceive, much less build.” In order for us to keep up with the growing difficulty of design we must, as a group, change our thinking toward a BIM world. An example of this is the recent changes that School of Architecture at the University of Maryland are making, shifting from a highly emphasized drawing school to a more integrated technological/drawing community.

We also must think that radical change is not always good. As technology comes more and more advanced it is easier to think, we can do things faster, quicker and more efficient, but usually that comes with some consequences. One example is a false perspective, a perspective that shows something that isn’t necessarily true to the actual design. As the technology advances closer to reality some error are sure to be made. A program/technology is not always perfect.

We should shift more to using BIM programs as a way to create architecture, but physically drawing and conceptualizing still should be done. It really should be an integration of both, with the amount of utilization depending on the position in the process. It is hard for me to agree with the statement to drop everything and just accept this new way, and only this new way.

Eastman does agree with Mayne on the shift to using BIM. However, he does say that the system isn’t perfect. Also, that in order for architects to move forward the rest of the adjoining fields must be ready to move forward.

There is a great understanding of the program by Eastman. He breaks down how BIM actually works and how it will influence the work of the architect. Also, how it will it could influence us in the future. BIM allows the client to see more clearly what is conceptualized in an architects head. As BIM catches on or forces it way into architects lives, it will influence are way of thinking how building objects react with one another and how complex we can make those interactions.

Architecture must adapt to the changing world in order to keep up.