Thursday, January 25, 2007

CADはデコンの原因であるか. . . !?
2 years ago in the celebration party of my JIA design award,Mr.Takeda,a welknown face to Japanese architects as a Contemporary Theorist and Critic, asked me about my design background and Architectural Education in Bangladesh.He was eager to know,how western architecture has influenced the oriental architects and students to follow (and often to make replica!!) it's styles in their local practice; or in other words,trends of architecture in 3rd world countries.I just can remember I talked a lot about contemporarty trends of architecture in Bangladesh,though I myself didn't have schooling background in any Bangladeshi arch.school.Meanwhile I was introduced with some Japanese architects worked in Bangladesh and quite aware of recent state of Architecture in Dhaka.Their experience was really shocking!!One of them told me Dhaka is becoming a city of Replica Architecture,very few architects are working honestly in an ethical way of practice.Can you imagine how did I feel at that time?!
Anyway,I just want to say,'Making good replica of a famous building' can never be treated as Architectural practice.So please never make any comment on it.
Sorry for running far from the topic!!Just want to talk about 'Deconstruction ' vs.'CAD'.

  • Deconstructivism in architecture, also called deconstruction, is a development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s. It is characterized by ideas of fragmentation, non-linear processes of design, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, and apparent non-Euclidean geometry which serve to distort and dislocate some of the elements of architecture, such as structure and envelope. The finished visual appearance of buildings that exhibit the many deconstructivist "styles" is characterised by a stimulating unpredictability and a controlled chaos.
    Originally, some of the architects known as Deconstructivists were influenced by the ideas of the French philosopher Jacques Derrida. Eisenman, developed a personal relationship with Derrida, but even so, his approach to architectural design was developed long before he became a Deconstructivist. For him Deconstructivism should be considered an extension of his interest in radical formalism. Deconstructivism was also influenced by the formal experimentation and geometric imbalances of Russian constructivist. There are additional references in deconstructivism to 20th-century movements: the modernism/postmodernism interplay, expressionism, cubism, minimalism and contemporary art. The attempt in deconstructivism throughout is to move architecture away from what its practitioners see as the constricting 'rules' of modernism such as "form follows function", "purity of form", "truth to materials".
    Computer aided design(CAD) is now an essential tool in most aspects of contemporary architecture, but the particular nature of deconstrucivism makes the use of computers especially pertinent. Three-dimensional modelling and animation (virtual and physical) assists in the conception of very complex spaces, while the ability to link computer models to manufacturing jigs (CAM - Computer Aided manufacturing) allows the mass production of subtly different modular elements to be achieved at affordable costs. In retrospect many early deconstructivist works appear to have been conceived with the aid of a computer, but were not; Zaha Hadid's sketches for instance. Also, Gehry is noted for producing many physical models as well as computer models as part of his design process. Though the computer has made the designing of complex shapes much easier, not everything that looks odd is "deconstructivist."

In that party I was asked by some other people,why my presentation board looked like that...why it's not like other Japanese perticipants,etc.As a blind fan of Morphosis I myself was not too sure,whether it's influence of Deconstructivists(not programmatic rather in formal decons't approch) or using 3d simulation softwares as my design tool.Whatever the reason behind,I am sure about my method that never proves me as a Deconstructivist.

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