摘要
This reflection paper considers the epistemological implications of constructing a digital model of an existing building.The paper compares,in detail,three distinct approaches to constructing a digital model of the New Sacristy at S.Lorenzo in Florence,Italy.Each of the three approaches explores the effects of problematizing the model-building duality.This problematization implicates two conventional assumptions about existing-building models,namely,that they must be geometrically accurate and semantically predictable in order to be useful for research purposes.Proposed counterstrategies of“frictional reciprocity”and“emergent semantics”draw attention to often-overlooked knowledge-production capacities of existing-building models.Thereby,the paper aims to highlight and recommend these strategies as necessary to visioning possible futures,as a viable alternative to conventional modelmaking approaches.
