DIGITAL TECTONICS STUDIO WASSIM JABI
A divide in architectural education The ubiquity and power of digital tools have influenced a generation of practitioners, professors and students that, in many cases, (mis)use it to generate vacuous and isolated explorations that substitute complexity for design merit. “Yet just as unsatisfying as unbridled formal experimentation is an overemphasis on research-based outcomes that can reduce design to an easy illustration of good intentions, and in the process neglect the equally meaningful goals of creating pleasurable and compelling physical environments..� -Tim Love
Digital and parametric tools are just that: “tools” The divide is between what the tools seem to push you to consider vs. what you should be considering:
VIRTUAL SELF-REFERENTIAL FORMALISTIC ESOTERIC COMPLEX
MATERIAL / TECTONICS ENVIRONMENT SPACE / PLACE PEOPLE BEAUTY
The term DIGITAL TECTONICS is devised to address these misconceptions and bridge this divide.
The Digital Tectonics studio, at a fundamental level, is about using digital tools that may be: VIRTUAL SELF-REFERENTIAL FORMALISTIC ESOTERIC COMPLEX to study the fundamental architectural issues of:
MATERIAL / TECTONICS ENVIRONMENT SPACE / PLACE PEOPLE BEAUTY
PRIMER (Get it out of your system, get it in your system) VIRTUAL SELF-REFERENTIAL FORMALISTIC ESOTERIC COMPLEX THESIS (Master it)
MATERIAL / TECTONICS ENVIRONMENT SPACE / PLACE PEOPLE BEAUTY
Hurva Synagogue - Louis Kahn
Kimbell Art Museum - Louis Kahn
Tongxian Art Center - Office da
BiNA osteria/alimentari - Office da
Intergenerational Learning Center - Office da
Santiago PĂŠrez
Santiago PĂŠrez
Santiago PĂŠrez
IwamotoScott
CFD Analysis - Gherkin - Norman Foster
Facade Design - Elif Erdine
290 Mulbery - SHoP architects
Within the realm of digital tectonics: The agenda is yours to set The thesis is yours to propose The site is yours to choose The programme is yours to define The proposal is yours to design