There has been a dramatic shift in the methods of how new architectural designs are developed - traditional tools have been replaced by other cutting edge techniques. It is through the utilisation of various innovative technologies that has allowed a third industrial revolution - the digital age. This reliance on technology is expressed within Carpo’s text, “The Digital Turn in Architecture 1992 - 2012”. The text highlights the need for improvements in technologies within the design industry - particularly focusing on computer aided design (CAD). Emerging technologies therefore allow designers to experiment with new forms and techniques. The revolutionary development of “spline modellers, a new generation of software that... allowed the manipulation of curved lines directly on the screen” of a “nonlinear thinking machine”[4], has allowed architects to be more creative and futuristic in their design process. The development of this technology has improved the design process, particularly with regard to versatility and efficiency.
The text, Architecture or Revolution, contrasts greatly to the view that society should adapt to the changes in the current digital revolution. The author metaphorically refers to the loss of skills being passed down through the generations via the diction, “the father no longer teaches his son the myriad secrets of his craft”[1] due to an “unfamiliar foreman”[1], that being, machines, which are strictly taking control in the digital world.
The text advances the notion that society can restrict themselves from the revolution in the hope of avoiding “being tied like slaves to anachronistic things”[2].
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• [1] [2] Le Corbusier, "Architecture or Revolution?" Toward an Architecture (1924/1928/2007), pp.295, 297,
• [3] [4] Carpo, Mario, "Introduction," The Digital Turn in Architecture 1992-2012 (2013), pp. 9,11
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