Sagrada Familia Rosassa: Global Computer-aided Dialogue between Designer and Craftsperson (Overcoming Differences in Age, Time and Distance)

1. Just-in-time construction is a process where the construction takes place a portion of the project while the other portions are still in detailed design phase. The design team was able to break the window components down into component pieces for cutting and shaping on the other side of Spain. “The issue here was a maximum weight to suit the cranes at both end of the operation,the sizes appropriate for trucking across Spain, and the maneuverability of the pieces when suspended at the working zone many tens of meters above ground level. ” Just-in-time construction tries to accelerate the building process but does the transportation and site issues require more time to figure out the building components? How much does just-in-time construction outweighs the disadvantage of its limits?

Meet the Spime

1. “At the end of its lifespan the Spime is deactivated. removed from your presence by specialists, entirely disassembled, and folded back into the manufacturing stream. The data it generated remains available for historical analysis by a wide variety of interested parties.” Are people aware that all their data are kept in record forever? Does this affect how we use technology?

2. Bar codes are heavily embedded in our society. In the case of the lost dog example, these dogs have a “machine-readable identity” or the Radio Frequency ID identity chips. The society and people are changing in such fast pace. Can the machine-readable identity updates itself fast enough to match the changes? If not, does this system still remain workable?