John Mellas

Week 4 Questions

Coyne

1:  While the internet has innumerous resources for architects and students alike, “some critics think that we have entered an era of shallow, superficial browsing and reading.” Being able to “search” within a pdf document helps in the short term but is it harmful in the long term? Has the advent of online resources impacted students to research less? Or, rather, absorb less. Has the online resource pool made us complacent in our research and reading?

2:  With physical books, from cover to cover, it gives you a focus on its written content. There are no external links to follow to lead us off topic. With both book and online taken into consideration, Is the internet of resources overwhelming us with information?

3: Unlike the original Enac and first iteration computers, our phones can fit in our pocket. Why do we need to study the “social and cultural impacts of computer networks on cities” when the networks and computers don’t interact with the architecture?  Should our phones interact with buildings?

Steadman

1:  “Leslie Martin and Lionel March distinguished three simple types of form: ‘pavilions’, ‘streets’, and ‘courts’.” The program that would occupy these spaces can vary, how can limiting to these three help inform “artificial science” and design?

2:  Meta Berghauser Pont and Per Haupt’s developed what was called an “ingenious and useful graphical tool called ‘Spacemate’”. In what way can students use these types of graphical tools? Are these tools developed more for the larger firms and corporations or are methods like the “Spacemate” a useful tool for the average student?

3:  Because of “spacemate’s” integration with other fields within the artificial sciences, can this method of diagram be applicable to those other fields and vice versa? If so, how can students use this information in their work?