Genealogy of Contemporary Design from Object to Objective

Abstract

This work traces the evolution of architectural design practices since the invention of perspective. He explains how our present, despite its technological development, remains linked to theoretical conceptions and scientific paradigms that date back to the Renaissance. Understanding the evolution that has taken place in contemporary architecture requires an analysis of the scope of the paradigmatic changes that have occurred in the practice of architectural projects due to the diversified use of digital technologies. The article shares key historical dates and milestones in architectural practice. It was, therefore, necessary to shed light on the role of particular technical inventions in socio-professional practices. Perspective and printing have intertwined with dogmas and theories to crystallize into conventional and generalized practices. These standardized practices around a plethora of constructive corpora have produced architectural styles and regular urban grids that are nuanced according to time and geography. The work culminates in an analytical reading of contemporary inventions to measure their impact on the future of architecture and the building sector in general. The work explains how the desire of a handful of architects combined with the new potentialities of software gave rise to the objective and infinite variability associated with the writings of the philosopher Gilles Deleuze. The chapter demonstrates how adopting the BIM information continuum risks accelerating the reversal of the entire project production process and causing the disappearance of jobs with other new profiles.