tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877942411684038693.post5727316529954086182..comments2008-05-25T17:09:41.838-07:00Comments on architecture in an age of information: Crowdsourcing: The Future in Design Research?J I Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04526943901219007218noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877942411684038693.post-38359322395792653202008-04-09T14:40:00.000-07:002008-04-09T14:40:00.000-07:00As someone who has had very little experience in t...As someone who has had very little experience in the field of architecture, I found your post to be surprisingly fascinating and relevant. Before reading your blog, I had never even heard of the term "crowdsourcing". It is amazing to see how technology has advanced in the past few years. I like how you were able to connect the inventive work of Nouvel to the innovative changes in technological research occurring in this day and age. It is something both exciting and also somewhat overwhelming. To think that a program like Evernote can really allow you to remember everything is actually a little scary. Some things are better left forgotten sometimes. But I think Dash Express has great potential to assist architects in construction and design like you suggested. I feel that it would be a valuable tool for building communities sustainably, something that I find to be of utmost importance in our society. If this smart technology allows for architects to construct in a more intelligent manner that has a positive impact for both the human inhabitants as well as the surrounding area, I am whole-heartedly in support of it. However, I wonder if this growing reliance on computers and the Internet is hurting those who were trained in the analogue age of architecture. As an architect major, do you feel that opening up the field to more computer based research and data organization essentially opens up the profession to those uneducated in the basics of architecture? Does it take someone with a strong architecture background to effectively run these programs, or can anyone with superior computer proficiency complete these tasks. If it were the case of the latter, wouldn't the entire architecture field of study and profession suffer? As I said before, I am no expert in this area. However, I thoroughly enjoyed reading your post. I believe you provided your readers with great insight and information in a topic that many are unfamiliar with. My only suggestion would be to perhaps include more of your own personal thoughts and opinions. My favorite part of the post was toward the end when you began discussing the potential for all this new technology as it would pertain to your field. More of this would have made your already strong post even better. Well done.KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351359173643140761noreply@blogger.com