数字时代的“活”建筑

A Living Architecture for the Digital Era

突如其来的技术飞跃所引发的突变总是将建筑史打断。15世纪中期的建筑以手工艺为基础,在此背景下,阿尔伯蒂把数学方法运用到图像表达中,从而开启了文艺复兴时期的古典主义:建筑开始注重精确性与绘图表达,抛弃了工匠式的粗略建造。4个世纪之后,布鲁内尔、帕克斯顿爵士和埃菲尔用钢铁与玻璃设计出创新大胆的建筑结构,突破了建造的极限。技术的飞跃带来了建筑与工程相结合的新美学。

The history of architecture has been punctuated by sudden transformations sparked by sudden technological leaps.During the mid-1400s,into the context of a craft-based architectural tradition,Leon Battista Alberti introduced a mathematical approach to graphic representation.In so doing,he paved the way for Renaissance classicism:architecture focused on precision and representation through drafting rather than approximate construction by artisans.Four centuries later,steel and glass enabled engineers like Isambard Kingdom Brunei,Sir Joseph Paxton,and Gustav Eiffel designed daring and innovative structures that shattered the limits of what could be constructed.Soaring feats of technological prowess became a new aesthetic at the nexus of architecture and engineering.