Study Architecture 
ProPEL 
Author(s): Susannah Dickinson
“Luxury at present can only be enjoyed by the ignorant; the cruelest man living could not sit at his feast, unless he sat blindfolded” (John Ruskin, 1905)
The emphasis on ‘perform ative’ architecture and practice has seen an increase in recent years partly due to the current economic and environmental crises. Developments in parametric design, monitoring and analysis software are an obvious part of the technical equation, which are leading to the ‘finding of form’ rather than the ‘making of form’. We need to make sure we are not just ‘performing’ in a superficial way, though; adding a few analysis diagrams to our presentation repertoire is not enough. Simply cladding buildings with morphogenetic skins will not get us to where we need to go.
https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.Teach.2011.2
Volume Editors
Kiel Moe & William Braham
ISBN
978-0-935502-79-4
