Experiment 3: The Mashup of Three Articles + Draft Layout of Structure

Maschup of Three Articles

There is nothing new about buildings changing their function. Because structure tends to outlive function, buildings throughout history have been adapted to all sorts of new uses. Only since then has it become more usual to demolish and build new.

With it, societies throughout the world have produced an extraordinary range of architectural languages, each eloquently proclaiming the cultural characteristics of its users. The spirit of place and community is fully expressed in these buildings, whose subtle variations are adapted to specific social and economic, geographical and climatic environments.

The way in which we visualize buildings – their component parts, how they work and how they might be used – has a strong bearing on the built environment we create and inhabit. Emerging tools for design visualization are changing the practice of design itself. They provide opportunities, as designers no longer need to be temporally and spatially constrained by previous limitations of sequential decision-making processes.

Cantacuzino. S, 1989, ‘Re-Architecture: Old Buildings – New Uses’, First Edition, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London.

Dethier. J, 1982, ‘Down to Earth: Mud Architecture’, Edition, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London.

Whyte. J, 2002, ‘Virtual Reality and the Built Environment’, Edition, Architectural Press, Oxford, England.

Draft Layout of Structure