DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY & ARCHITECTURE - White Paper

Julio Bermudez & Kevin Klinger (editors)

Submitted to the NAAB by ACADIA

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© 2003 ACADIA

00: Introduction

We, in ACADIA (the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture) believe that the

consideration of digital technology in architecture is necessary and unavoidable, given its ubiquity

and widespread effects on architectural practice, teaching and research. Hence, we respectfully

submit this white paper to the NAAB Validation Conference in the hope that by sharing our

insights, NAAB authorities will gain valued information to enlighten their discussions aimed at

improving accreditation standards.

Healthy disciplines remain tolerant of a state of flux by constantly questioning the

inclusion/exclusion, import/export, and collaboration/isolation to/from new ideas, new techniques,

new disciplines, and new technology. At the perimeter of this nebulous exchange, an innovative

digital discourse

discipline of architecture.

important distinctions from one another. Thus, we contend that the digital discourse is

augmented by further specificity such as:

Fabrication, Digital Visualization, Digital Projects, Digital Design, Digital Representation, Digital

Thinking, and Digital Practice

writings, all stress the immediacy of acting with strong and proactive consideration of digital

technology. We urge NAAB to color the rhetoric of its discussions with the immediate issues of

digital technology and its impact on architecture. We hope that this white paper will serve as a

useful guide for that discussion.

is emerging that offers some unexpected new conduits to an attentiveTopic nodes within this discourse are evolving with a particular set ofDigital Pedagogy, Digital Tools, Digital Production/. While many points of view are represented with these position

This white paper is organized into 9 brief position writings. Each section covers a different aspect

of digital technology and the present state-of-the-art issues as seen by leading experts. A brief

biography has been included at the end of this report.

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