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Architecture, Planning & Design
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1441 Huntington
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South Pasadena, Ca. 91030
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Changing the process...
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The collaborative process happens in many ways
to create a multidimensional solution to the built environment.
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This happens with building
form that is synergistic and allows occupants to interact with each other
and freely exchange information.
The Smith & Williams Office Building in South Pasadena,
CA., built in 1958, is an example of this philosophy.
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The interactive qualities
of developing urban solutions can also be created by participation in community
process to arrive at consensus-based solutions.
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Design charettes are a method of integrating ideas and fresh thinking
to harness the power of many individuals to arrive at a dynamic result.
This kind of external process is very transparent and information-rich and
uses a graphic approach to synthesize ideas.
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A similar collaborative process is also beginning
to emerge in the digital process that designers employ to create the complex
and highly technical structures that are built today. The use of
"intelligent" 3D software and rigorous systems of information management
are the key to organizing effective and well-designed buildings. This allows
many individuals to contribute to the problem solution in a coherent way,
with a free flow of information during the entire design process. This
also allows buildings to "learn" as they are modified over time.
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The way this digital
team design paradigm affects the building industry remains to be seen,
but it will change the way in which architects and contractors provide
their services to owners and developers.
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