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The innovative approach of architects francois roche and stephanie lavaux in utilizing computers and 3d modeling to elevate the design process. By employing computers as more than just drawing tools, they have created machines that not only build structures but also determine their design. The human role shifts from construction to algorithm creation, resulting in a new level of objective design and architectural innovation.
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ARCH427: 3D Modeling in CAD Alan Pang Homework 3: Francois Roche and Stephanie Lavaux Lecture In the method of using computers, more specifically 3D modeling, to communicate design intent and help make further decisions architects are merely following convention. The process which Roche employs takes computer aided design to a whole new level. While a computer has been a tool employed for drawing in the past and present, the computers, or robots, which Roche uses are truly computer aided design. The computer takes on a larger role in the process of design. The project which best emphasizes this process which Roche has employed so often would seem to be his concrete distributing machine. The human is almost completely removed from the equation, with the machine being designed to lay concrete to create a structure. The human factor only comes into play in the origins of this machine; constructing it and creating algorithms or some sort of program to allow it to build successfully. Not only is this pushing computer aided design to the next level, but almost seems to push architecture to a new level. Roche spoke of how as an architect, we are metaphorically flying, seeing everything, but rarely allowed to land. This metaphor explains how an architect never is allowed to learn everything, but only brings the skills of others together in order to design a structure. By building these machines, it is almost a manifestation of this metaphor. Roche is bringing together the many skills needed to build a structure and placing them into a machine. Whether it is the power necessary to physically construct or the knowledge needed to create a standing structure. Though it seems that the human factor is completely removed from a machine which builds on its own, the human is nonetheless present. The design of the structure
may be determined by an algorithm, but ultimately, the algorithm is created by humans. This may even be a better representation of what the human mind perceives as what the structure should be. The architect that writes the algorithm with preset rules, which allows for a more objective builder, a machine, to bring into reality a structure only defined by these rules. It would seem that Roche and Lavaux are pushing not only computer/machine aided design to a new level, but bringing architecture to a new level. Their creation of a machine which both builds and designs simultaneously would seem to take away the decision making abilities of the architect, but in reality almost allow for an architect to create the epitome of his or her ideals.