Computer-Aided Architectural Design Strategies: One Size Does Not Fit All (1991)
article⁄Computer-Aided Architectural Design Strategies: One Size Does Not Fit All (1991)
abstract⁄The practice of architecture is in the midst of significant change and an increasingly uncertain future. Socioeconomic factors external to the profession are forcing firms to develop new strategies for delivering design services. Overlaying these external changes is the uncertainty resulting from the inevitable introduction of information technology, which is only beginning to have an impact on the profession. Some advocates see the emergence of a new form of design firm the computerized design firm as an intelligent organization structured around electronic work groups with powerful computation and communications tools Catalano 1990. On the other hand, many practitioners still see CADD as an expensive technology whose primary result leads to an increase in overhead costs. But some practitioners and researchers Coyne, 1991 recognize both the potential and, problems that computeraided design presents to the profession. This research presents a framework for understanding how changing information technology might be appropriately integrated into the design firm. It argues that design is an increasingly diverse enterprise, and that this diversity must be understood in order to effectively integrate information technology. The study is divided into three sections. The first section develops an overview of major social, economic, and structural changes within the profession. The second section discusses two alternative approaches that have been utilized to integrate information technology into firms. The third part presents a framework for understanding how information technology may have an impact on strategies for structuring and organizing architectural firms.
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| Year |
1991 |
| Authors |
Sakr, Yasser H.; Johnson, Robert. |
| Issue |
Reality and Virtual Reality |
| Pages |
15-31 |
| Library link |
Glenn Goldman & Michael Stephen Zdepski, 1991. bib⁄Reality and Virtual Reality. ACADIA. |
| Entry filename |
computer-aided-architectural-design-strategies |
