quote:  http://matsysdesign.com/,  25th of  Nov. 2013

Machine, the most creative device in the beginning 20-century. It is supposed being asked to do anything, which the mission ordered, by human, or rather saying that it just is able to do, not thinks firstly and do afterwards.

However, if we take the consideration between the human being with computer and labor with machine, we found out that it is the same state. On the other hand, for instance, architecture students or architects use the software to replace the conventional way for the time-consuming work. However, in the unconscious way, we are going to lose our own mind as well as being controlled by the pre-set comment of the software. What is more, we start to design the building, which the software is able to, not we are asking what we can do. If we look back to the previous architects, they always thought the design for the future (for the furthermore machine have not invented).  We shall not put ourselves into the limited box, sometimes forget about the computer, software or technology, it might have more interesting things are going to be happened.

 http://matsysdesign.com/2009/06/19/constellations/, 25th 0f Nov. 2013

For these generations, there are more and more machines which we can use in the 3-dimension way, just like the normal printer, sending file and printing it. It does helps a lot, we don’t need to spend lots of times on making several models to be tested to make sure whether it is working properly or not. Furthermore, we even can see the visible renders in the monitors as well as simulating the natural ways in the new materials which we are going to invent and used in the building façade. Probably, some people might argue that it could not to image or imitate the ecosystem with software, but it cant not to be ignored that the climate has been changing dramatically. We are not able to predict some situation with conventional way.

Last but not least, the ability of machine can do the things which human being is not able to achieve in terms of power, persistence and accuracy. Just in case you can use it in the proper way, not to be used or controlled because of the limitation of machine. Quote from the book, “ unlearning is as important a learning”,  on the other hand, it should be considered in the human thought way .

by Toward a Theory of Architecture Machines, Nicholas Negroponte, 2010

    Marco Casagrande, 3- 2012, sandworm

In the beginning, as far as I concerned, the building used to be the shelter or the 3-dimension space in which offered human beings to live and stay for while. Therefore, the shape of house was supposed to be fitted to the behaviors of human, not only for useless façade or the values of appearance. That is what the Louis Sullivan’s mentioned, “ form follows function “ in late 19^th century.

However, people have already forgotten the principle of living, which has to coexist with the environment, especially the dwelling block, which usually  drawn up for the building not landscape. What I try to convince myself is the beginning of the design, should consider the environment firstly such as the instance: ingenious catchment system in Venice. Afterwards, building form just follows the plan, which is pre-organized for environment. By this limitation, people rather to choose the living style behind the sustainable notion.

Secondly, I am quite into the sentence quoted from context: the capacity of architecture not to be tied to function, but to be opened to interpretation, free, that is, not necessarily responding to a preconceived function”. We can not to decide the living style for clients or human who live in, particularly architects. What we usually to come up the idea, which is dreaming the scenery on our own way, however, bear in mind to me, people who live in the space will settle on it by the time is progressing. For all of the designers, not only architects, should learn how to schedule the plan with approximate 70 %, in the other hand, residents are going to complete the final space in their own way. In my mind, no matter Darwin’s mutual aid or the evolution of architecture, which are all strongly tied to environment.

In summary, if we are going to talk about sustainability, we shall look to the real environment that is surround you, touch it, meditate on it…after that, the building will totally suit to the environment in the future.

http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Belgium/Wenduine/SANDWORM