NEW PLACE DESIGNS WITH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
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- 2007-10-04T23:43:18Z
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The emergence of digital and computing technologies is arguably the force of the century for
innovation in all domains. In design, researchers and practitioners have shown an increasing
interest in predicting and examining the effect of these technologies in transforming our
everyday life and surroundings. Built environments as an essential part of our holistic living
environment have played an important role in this revolutionary process. While many have laid
out the vision, we are now looking for the integration and extension of this vision with respect to
our traditional notions of place. Rather than seeing the future of built environments as a more
confusing array of computers and cables, this paper presents three different types of digital and
computing technologies and discusses their applications in defining new place designs where
the digital and computing technologies become design elements suggesting exciting new
resources and languages for exploring built environment designs. For design education, the
further understanding and application of these new technologies in design will provide
opportunities as well as challenges for future teaching curriculum. The integration of teaching
these technologies as new subject areas will prepare the future generations of designers to
develop the understanding and skills of designing with and for the new technologies.
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