The Digital Design Ecosystem: Toward a Pre-Rational Architecture
Paul Seletsky, Sr. Mgr. of Digital Design, SOM New York

AECbytes Viewpoint #37
April 8, 2008

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Article Summary

In this Viewpoint article, Paul Seletsky, Sr. Mgr. of Digital Design, SOM New York, takes an detailed look at the dichotomy of the impact of digital technology on architectural practice, which has not yet significantly altered the established landscape of paper-driven documentation or design process, yet threatens architects as primary leaders of the design process by increasing productivity. Making his points through historical examples and comparisons with other professions such as medicine, Seletsky also shares some of the ideas behind the Digital Design Ecosystem, a joint initiative between Georgia Tech, Square One Ecotect, Gehry Technologies and SOM, that uses advanced computation to impart tacit and explicit experience into the earliest stages of conceptual exploration.

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