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Architecture,
Planning & Design
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1107 Fair Oaks Ave #14
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Pasadena, Ca. 91030
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Changing the
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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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