Towards a Paperless Studio (2001)
article⁄Towards a Paperless Studio (2001)
abstract⁄The infusion of digital media into the practice of architecture is changing how we design as well as what we design. Digital media has altered the process of design and the culture of design education. The question before us is how does one transition from a completely analog system of representation to one of complete computer immersion or the ‘paperless studio’. Schools of Architecture have already begun to struggle with the physical issues of integration of new media infrastructure and economics. But the pedagogical integration of new media should be of a greater concern. New media and its forms of representation are challenging traditional skills of communication and representation, i.e., sketching, hand drawing and physical model making. The paradox facing architectural practice today is the integration of new media into a realm where traditional or manual forms of representation are ingrained into how we think, produce and communicate. We must ask ourselves, must new media be held to the traditional forms of representation
