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BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE “COMMENTS”
THAT APPEAR BELOW THE ARTICLE; one reveals reality, the other two are just
funny!
THAT APPEAR BELOW THE ARTICLE; one reveals reality, the other two are just
funny!
This article
appeared in De Zeen Magazine on April 12, 2013
appeared in De Zeen Magazine on April 12, 2013
Frank Gehry has launched his studio’s paperless system
for sharing and collaborating on drawings as a scaled-up product for the
architecture industry.
for sharing and collaborating on drawings as a scaled-up product for the
architecture industry.
The GTeam
software by Gehry’s technology
development and consulting company Gehry
Technologies is now integrated with cloud-based storage
service Box, enabling Box’s
customers in the fields of architecture, construction and engineering to easily
access and manage blueprints, CAD files and contracts.
software by Gehry’s technology
development and consulting company Gehry
Technologies is now integrated with cloud-based storage
service Box, enabling Box’s
customers in the fields of architecture, construction and engineering to easily
access and manage blueprints, CAD files and contracts.
The paperless system was refined by Gehry’s studio
during the construction of New York by
Gehry (pictured), the 265-metre-high apartment building
completed in 2011, where sharing digital files enabled the architects and
engineers working on the tower to significantly reduce the number of expensive
alterations required during construction.
during the construction of New York by
Gehry (pictured), the 265-metre-high apartment building
completed in 2011, where sharing digital files enabled the architects and
engineers working on the tower to significantly reduce the number of expensive
alterations required during construction.
Box has now scaled
up the software to bring it to the wider industry and allow others to
benefit in the same way, according to company CEO Aaron Levie.
up the software to bring it to the wider industry and allow others to
benefit in the same way, according to company CEO Aaron Levie.
“I think when you can bring these tools to the
masses, it really opens up innovation in an incredible way,” he said.
masses, it really opens up innovation in an incredible way,” he said.
The software was developed by Gehry’s studio over the
decades to eliminate the need for paper.
decades to eliminate the need for paper.
“My dream is to do buildings paperless. And it can
be done,” Gehry told technology
magazine Wired. “I discovered that, using the computer, we had
more information, which kept us in control and allowed us to protect the owner
from a lot of waste in the process.”
be done,” Gehry told technology
magazine Wired. “I discovered that, using the computer, we had
more information, which kept us in control and allowed us to protect the owner
from a lot of waste in the process.”
GTeam can incorporate files from other design software,
such as Rhino and AutoCAD, and is already being used in the offices of Zaha Hadid and SOM, according to Gehry.
such as Rhino and AutoCAD, and is already being used in the offices of Zaha Hadid and SOM, according to Gehry.
In a similar mood of collaboration, Dutch firm
UNStudio this week announced it will relaunch in June as an “open-source
architecture studio” inspired by technology start-ups, using an
online platform to encourage the exchange of ideas between its own architects
and those outside the company.
UNStudio this week announced it will relaunch in June as an “open-source
architecture studio” inspired by technology start-ups, using an
online platform to encourage the exchange of ideas between its own architects
and those outside the company.
Gehry was recently asked to
“tone down” his plans for Facebook’s new Silicon Valley campus,
while earlier this year a Utah congressman launched an attempt to scrap the
architect’s proposed Washington D.C. memorial for former president Dwight D.
Eisenhower – see all architecture
by Frank Gehry.
“tone down” his plans for Facebook’s new Silicon Valley campus,
while earlier this year a Utah congressman launched an attempt to scrap the
architect’s proposed Washington D.C. memorial for former president Dwight D.
Eisenhower – see all architecture
by Frank Gehry.
From the “Comments” section:
Gilles
Normandin
Normandin
Mr. Gehry ,
I am about your age, I’ve been in the same business as
you for 50 years. I am one among other
architects and designers on a two billion dollar project at McGill University
Health Center (MUHC) in Montreal. It is done with a computer program call
Autodesk Revit producing a 3D model. Said
like that it seems fantastic, but it isn’t. We are 300 hundred
professionals, it is a pure utopia to think that this will solve it all. Let me tell you that I’ve never in my
all career seen so many paper drawings!
you for 50 years. I am one among other
architects and designers on a two billion dollar project at McGill University
Health Center (MUHC) in Montreal. It is done with a computer program call
Autodesk Revit producing a 3D model. Said
like that it seems fantastic, but it isn’t. We are 300 hundred
professionals, it is a pure utopia to think that this will solve it all. Let me tell you that I’ve never in my
all career seen so many paper drawings!
Thanks Mr. Gehry for making us believe in utopia! It may
happen one day.
happen one day.
TTT
Says the guy that claims “I can only use the computer
to throw at somebody”
to throw at somebody”
TT…
I wonder if Frank Gehry irons his clothes.
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