Seeing, Thinking, Doing: The Technology of Environmental Design

Abstrak

Technology driven design innovation is a timely issue in any age, but the concept is not new. In fact, the past tells us how to move forward well if we are also able to draw insights from our present circumstance. The case will be made that architectural design is rooted in technology but not the stuff of technology (the things), but rather the process of innovation that reveals insights, finds new applications, and perhaps most importantly, adapts existing strategies to situations in innovative ways. This paper outlines historic precedent, proposes a theoretical framework, and presents a case study proposal that draws on historic and emergent strategies and through synthetic modes of seeing, thinking, and doing, weaves technical, ecological, and social aspects as an essence of technology that is “by no means technological”.